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Recognised as Colour

#9DBCE7

  • #9DBCE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DBCE7 is a blue with RGB values 157, 188, 231 and HSL 215°, 61%, 76%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#9DBCE7#9DBCE7
HEX#9DBCE7
RGBrgb(157, 188, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7373, 0.9059
RGB percentages61.6%, 73.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(214.9, 60.7%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 32%, 90.6%)
CMYK32%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,337,511
CSS custom property--colour: #9DBCE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#624318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBEE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B6E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#87C5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 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 text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 21.3Lavender · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7C89D
Analogous#9DE1E7, #A39DE7
Triadic#E79DBC, #BCE79D
Split complementary#E7A39D, #E1E79D
Tetradic#E79DE1, #E7C89D, #9DE7A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF4FB
Lighter +10%#C6D8F1
Darker −10%#74A0DD
Darker −20%#4B84D3
Darker −30%#2E6ABD
Darker −40%#245394
More saturated +25%#8EBAF6
Less saturated −25%#ACBED8

Channel breakdown

R157
G188
B231
Red157 (61.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue214.86°
Saturation (HSL)60.66%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G BC · B E7

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