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Recognised as Colour

#9DBBEC

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

#9DBBEC is a blue with RGB values 157, 187, 236 and HSL 217°, 68%, 77%. 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

#9DBBEC#9DBBEC
HEX#9DBBEC
RGBrgb(157, 187, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7333, 0.9255
RGB percentages61.6%, 73.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(217.2, 67.5%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 33.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK33.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,337,260
CSS custom property--colour: #9DBBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#624413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B6EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#85C5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 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 text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.8Light blue · ΔE 22Thistle · ΔE 22.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCE9D
Analogous#9DE2EC, #A79DEC
Triadic#EC9DBB, #BBEC9D
Split complementary#ECA79D, #E3EC9D
Tetradic#EC9DE2, #ECCE9D, #9DECA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F6FD
Lighter +10%#C8D9F4
Darker −10%#729DE4
Darker −20%#4880DB
Darker −30%#2765C9
Darker −40%#1F4F9E
More saturated +25%#8EB7FB
Less saturated −25%#ACBFDD

Channel breakdown

R157
G187
B236
Red157 (61.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue217.22°
Saturation (HSL)67.52%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G BB · B EC

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