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Recognised as Colour

#9EAED4

  • #9EAED4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EAED4 is a blue with RGB values 158, 174, 212 and HSL 222°, 39%, 73%. 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

#9EAED4#9EAED4
HEX#9EAED4
RGBrgb(158, 174, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6824, 0.8314
RGB percentages62%, 68.2%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(222.2, 38.6%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 25.5%, 83.1%)
CMYK25.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,399,444
CSS custom property--colour: #9EAED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#61512B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B1D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EACD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#90B5BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 18.1Light slate grey · ΔE 18.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Light blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4C49E
Analogous#9EC9D4, #A99ED4
Triadic#D49EAE, #AED49E
Split complementary#D4A99E, #C9D49E
Tetradic#D49EC9, #D4C49E, #9ED4A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E9F3
Lighter +10%#C1CCE4
Darker −10%#7B90C4
Darker −20%#5773B5
Darker −30%#435B96
Darker −40%#334673
More saturated +25%#8DA7E6
Less saturated −25%#B0B5C3

Channel breakdown

R158
G174
B212
Red158 (62%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue222.22°
Saturation (HSL)38.57%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AE · B D4

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