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Recognised as Colour

#9DC4FB

  • #9DC4FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9DC4FB is a blue with RGB values 157, 196, 251 and HSL 215°, 92%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9DC4FB#9DC4FB
HEX#9DC4FB
RGBrgb(157, 196, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.7686, 0.9843
RGB percentages61.6%, 76.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(215.1, 92.2%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 37.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK37.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,339,579
CSS custom property--colour: #9DC4FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.72:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#623B04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C7FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7ED0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 23.4Thistle · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD49D
Analogous#9DF3FB, #A59DFB
Triadic#FB9DC4, #C4FB9D
Split complementary#FBA59D, #F3FB9D
Tetradic#FB9DF3, #FBD49D, #9DFBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CEE2FD
Darker −10%#6CA7F9
Darker −20%#3B89F7
Darker −30%#0A6CF5
Darker −40%#0856C4
More saturated +25%#99C3FF
Less saturated −25%#AAC6EE

Channel breakdown

R157
G196
B251
Red157 (61.6%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue215.11°
Saturation (HSL)92.16%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G C4 · B FB

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