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Recognised as Colour

#9DBACE

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

#9DBACE is a blue with RGB values 157, 186, 206 and HSL 204°, 33%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9DBACE#9DBACE
HEX#9DBACE
RGBrgb(157, 186, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7294, 0.8078
RGB percentages61.6%, 72.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(204.5, 33.3%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.5, 23.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK23.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,336,974
CSS custom property--colour: #9DBACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46742WCAG 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 10.35:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#624531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B9CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB4CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8FBFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Light blue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Silver · ΔE 14.8Dark grey · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEB19D
Analogous#9DCECA, #9DA2CE
Triadic#CE9DBA, #BACE9D
Split complementary#CE9DA1, #CECA9D
Tetradic#CA9DCE, #CEB19D, #A2CE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EAF0
Lighter +10%#BFD2DF
Darker −10%#7BA2BD
Darker −20%#598AAC
Darker −30%#466F8C
Darker −40%#35546A
More saturated +25%#8BBDE0
Less saturated −25%#AFB7BC

Channel breakdown

R157
G186
B206
Red157 (61.6%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue204.49°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G BA · B CE

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