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Recognised as Colour

#9EABDB

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

#9EABDB is a blue with RGB values 158, 171, 219 and HSL 227°, 46%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EABDB#9EABDB
HEX#9EABDB
RGBrgb(158, 171, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6706, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 67.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(227.2, 45.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.2, 27.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,398,683
CSS custom property--colour: #9EABDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#615424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DAFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8EB4BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBCE9E
Analogous#9ECADB, #B09EDB
Triadic#DB9EAB, #ABDB9E
Split complementary#DBB09E, #C9DB9E
Tetradic#DB9ECA, #DBCE9E, #9EDBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EBF7
Lighter +10%#C3CBE9
Darker −10%#798BCD
Darker −20%#546BBF
Darker −30%#3D53A3
Darker −40%#2F407E
More saturated +25%#8DA1EC
Less saturated −25%#AFB5CA

Channel breakdown

R158
G171
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue227.21°
Saturation (HSL)45.86%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AB · B DB

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