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Recognised as Colour

#9DB6DC

  • #9DB6DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DB6DC is a blue with RGB values 157, 182, 220 and HSL 216°, 47%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9DB6DC#9DB6DC
HEX#9DB6DC
RGBrgb(157, 182, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7137, 0.8627
RGB percentages61.6%, 71.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(216.2, 47.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 28.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,335,964
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB6DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#624923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B2DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8BBEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 19.4Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC39D
Analogous#9DD6DC, #A39DDC
Triadic#DC9DB6, #B6DC9D
Split complementary#DCA49D, #D5DC9D
Tetradic#DC9DD6, #DCC39D, #9DDCA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EEF7
Lighter +10%#C3D2E9
Darker −10%#779ACF
Darker −20%#527EC1
Darker −30%#3B65A5
Darker −40%#2E4E7F
More saturated +25%#8CB3ED
Less saturated −25%#AEB9CB

Channel breakdown

R157
G182
B220
Red157 (61.6%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue216.19°
Saturation (HSL)47.37%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B6 · B DC

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