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Colour

#9EAACB

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

#9EAACB is a blue with RGB values 158, 170, 203 and HSL 224°, 30%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EAACB#9EAACB
HEX#9EAACB
RGBrgb(158, 170, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6667, 0.7961
RGB percentages62%, 66.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(224, 30.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 22.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK22.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,398,411
CSS custom property--colour: #9EAACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#615534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0ACCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA9CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#93B0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 17.1Dark grey · ΔE 18.4Slate grey · ΔE 19.2Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBBF9E
Analogous#9EC1CB, #A99ECB
Triadic#CB9EAA, #AACB9E
Split complementary#CBA99E, #C1CB9E
Tetradic#CB9EC1, #CBBF9E, #9ECBA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E4EF
Lighter +10%#BFC7DD
Darker −10%#7D8DB9
Darker −20%#5C70A7
Darker −30%#495987
Darker −40%#374366
More saturated +25%#8BA1DE
Less saturated −25%#B1B3B8

Channel breakdown

R158
G170
B203
Red158 (62%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)30.2%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AA · B CB

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