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Recognised as Colour

#9DB9FB

  • #9DB9FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9DB9FB is a blue with RGB values 157, 185, 251 and HSL 222°, 92%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9DB9FB#9DB9FB
HEX#9DB9FB
RGBrgb(157, 185, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7255, 0.9843
RGB percentages61.6%, 72.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(222.1, 92.2%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 37.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK37.5%, 26.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,763
CSS custom property--colour: #9DB9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.77:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#624604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3BEFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7FC6D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4Light steelblue · ΔE 22Deep skyblue · ΔE 25Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 19.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBDF9D
Analogous#9DE8FB, #B09DFB
Triadic#FB9DB9, #B9FB9D
Split complementary#FBB09D, #E8FB9D
Tetradic#FB9DE8, #FBDF9D, #9DFBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CEDCFD
Darker −10%#6C96F9
Darker −20%#3B73F7
Darker −30%#0A50F5
Darker −40%#0840C4
More saturated +25%#99B7FF
Less saturated −25%#AABEEE

Channel breakdown

R157
G185
B251
Red157 (61.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue222.13°
Saturation (HSL)92.16%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G B9 · B FB

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