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Recognised as Colour

#9DB7DB

  • #9DB7DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DB7DB is a blue with RGB values 157, 183, 219 and HSL 215°, 46%, 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

#9DB7DB#9DB7DB
HEX#9DB7DB
RGBrgb(157, 183, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7176, 0.8588
RGB percentages61.6%, 71.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(214.8, 46.3%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.8, 28.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK28.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,219
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB7DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#624824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB8DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B2DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8CBFC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 17.2Thistle · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC19D
Analogous#9DD6DB, #A29DDB
Triadic#DB9DB7, #B7DB9D
Split complementary#DBA29D, #D6DB9D
Tetradic#DB9DD6, #DBC19D, #9DDBA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EEF6
Lighter +10%#C2D2E9
Darker −10%#789CCD
Darker −20%#5280C0
Darker −30%#3C67A3
Darker −40%#2E507E
More saturated +25%#8CB4EC
Less saturated −25%#AEBACA

Channel breakdown

R157
G183
B219
Red157 (61.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue214.84°
Saturation (HSL)46.27%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B7 · B DB

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