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Recognised as Colour

#9EADDF

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

#9EADDF is a blue with RGB values 158, 173, 223 and HSL 226°, 50%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EADDF#9EADDF
HEX#9EADDF
RGBrgb(158, 173, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6784, 0.8745
RGB percentages62%, 67.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(226.2, 50.4%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 29.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK29.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,399,199
CSS custom property--colour: #9EADDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#615220

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#99ACDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8DB7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 21Steel blue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD09E
Analogous#9ECDDF, #B09EDF
Triadic#DF9EAD, #ADDF9E
Split complementary#DFB09E, #CDDF9E
Tetradic#DF9ECD, #DFD09E, #9EDFB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBEEF8
Lighter +10%#C4CDEC
Darker −10%#788DD2
Darker −20%#516CC6
Darker −30%#3953AB
Darker −40%#2C4085
More saturated +25%#8EA4EF
Less saturated −25%#AEB6CF

Channel breakdown

R158
G173
B223
Red158 (62%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)50.39%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AD · B DF

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