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Recognised as Colour

#9EA7DB

  • #9EA7DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EA7DB is a blue with RGB values 158, 167, 219 and HSL 231°, 46%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EA7DB#9EA7DB
HEX#9EA7DB
RGBrgb(158, 167, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6549, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 65.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(231.1, 45.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.1, 27.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,397,659
CSS custom property--colour: #9EA7DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#615824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ACDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8FB1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Light skyblue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3Light slate grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 17.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBD29E
Analogous#9EC5DB, #B49EDB
Triadic#DB9EA7, #A7DB9E
Split complementary#DBB49E, #C5DB9E
Tetradic#DB9EC5, #DBD29E, #9EDBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EAF7
Lighter +10%#C3C9E9
Darker −10%#7985CD
Darker −20%#5464BF
Darker −30%#3D4CA3
Darker −40%#2F3B7E
More saturated +25%#8D9BEC
Less saturated −25%#AFB3CA

Channel breakdown

R158
G167
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue231.15°
Saturation (HSL)45.86%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G A7 · B DB

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