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Recognised as Colour

#9DBCE9

  • #9DBCE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DBCE9 is a blue with RGB values 157, 188, 233 and HSL 216°, 63%, 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

#9DBCE9#9DBCE9
HEX#9DBCE9
RGBrgb(157, 188, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7373, 0.9137
RGB percentages61.6%, 73.7%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(215.5, 63.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.5, 32.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK32.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,337,513
CSS custom property--colour: #9DBCE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#624316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#86C6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 21.7Lavender · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9CA9D
Analogous#9DE2E9, #A49DE9
Triadic#E99DBC, #BCE99D
Split complementary#E9A49D, #E2E99D
Tetradic#E99DE2, #E9CA9D, #9DE9A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F5FC
Lighter +10%#C7D8F2
Darker −10%#73A0E0
Darker −20%#4A83D6
Darker −30%#2B69C2
Darker −40%#225298
More saturated +25%#8EB9F8
Less saturated −25%#ACBFDA

Channel breakdown

R157
G188
B233
Red157 (61.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue215.53°
Saturation (HSL)63.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G BC · B E9

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