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Recognised as Colour

#9EA7DC

  • #9EA7DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EA7DC is a blue with RGB values 158, 167, 220 and HSL 231°, 47%, 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

#9EA7DC#9EA7DC
HEX#9EA7DC
RGBrgb(158, 167, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6549, 0.8627
RGB percentages62%, 65.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(231.3, 47%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.3, 28.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK28.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,397,660
CSS custom property--colour: #9EA7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#615823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ACDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8EB1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 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 text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Thistle · ΔE 21.9Light skyblue · ΔE 22Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD39E
Analogous#9EC6DC, #B49EDC
Triadic#DC9EA7, #A7DC9E
Split complementary#DCB49E, #C6DC9E
Tetradic#DC9EC6, #DCD39E, #9EDCB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EBF7
Lighter +10%#C3C9EA
Darker −10%#7985CE
Darker −20%#5363C1
Darker −30%#3C4BA5
Darker −40%#2E3A80
More saturated +25%#8E9BED
Less saturated −25%#AFB3CC

Channel breakdown

R158
G167
B220
Red158 (62%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue231.29°
Saturation (HSL)46.97%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G A7 · B DC

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