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Recognised as Colour

#9DABCA

  • #9DABCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DABCA is a blue with RGB values 157, 171, 202 and HSL 221°, 30%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9DABCA#9DABCA
HEX#9DABCA
RGBrgb(157, 171, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.6706, 0.7922
RGB percentages61.6%, 67.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(221.3, 29.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 22.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK22.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,333,130
CSS custom property--colour: #9DABCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#625435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2ADCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#92B1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 17.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.5Slate grey · ΔE 18.8Silver · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABC9D
Analogous#9DC1CA, #A69DCA
Triadic#CA9DAB, #ABCA9D
Split complementary#CAA69D, #C1CA9D
Tetradic#CA9DC2, #CABC9D, #9DCAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE4EE
Lighter +10%#BEC7DC
Darker −10%#7C8FB8
Darker −20%#5B72A6
Darker −30%#485B86
Darker −40%#364565
More saturated +25%#8AA4DD
Less saturated −25%#B0B2B7

Channel breakdown

R157
G171
B202
Red157 (61.6%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue221.33°
Saturation (HSL)29.8%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G AB · B CA

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