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Recognised as Colour

#9EAEB8

  • #9EAEB8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9EAEB8 is a blue with RGB values 158, 174, 184 and HSL 203°, 15%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9EAEB8#9EAEB8
HEX#9EAEB8
RGBrgb(158, 174, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6824, 0.7216
RGB percentages62%, 68.2%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(203.1, 15.5%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.1, 14.1%, 72.2%)
CMYK14.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,399,416
CSS custom property--colour: #9EAEB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#615147

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAADB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6AAB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#97B1B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 16.2Light grey · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8A89E
Analogous#9EB8B5, #9EA1B8
Triadic#B89EAE, #AEB89E
Split complementary#B89EA1, #B8B59E
Tetradic#B59EB8, #B8A89E, #A1B89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F8F9
Lighter +20%#D9DFE3
Lighter +10%#BBC7CE
Darker −10%#8195A2
Darker −20%#657C8B
Darker −30%#50626D
Darker −40%#3A4750
More saturated +25%#89B3CD
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R158
G174
B184
Red158 (62%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue203.08°
Saturation (HSL)15.48%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AE · B B8

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