Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#9EAEDB

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

#9EAEDB is a blue with RGB values 158, 174, 219 and HSL 224°, 46%, 74%. 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

#9EAEDB#9EAEDB
HEX#9EAEDB
RGBrgb(158, 174, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6824, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 68.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(224.3, 45.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 27.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,399,451
CSS custom property--colour: #9EAEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42656WCAG 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 9.53:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#615124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BACDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#8EB7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBCB9E
Analogous#9ECDDB, #AC9EDB
Triadic#DB9EAE, #AEDB9E
Split complementary#DBAC9E, #CDDB9E
Tetradic#DB9ECD, #DBCB9E, #9EDBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8ECF7
Lighter +10%#C3CDE9
Darker −10%#798FCD
Darker −20%#5470BF
Darker −30%#3D58A3
Darker −40%#2F447E
More saturated +25%#8DA6EC
Less saturated −25%#AFB6CA

Channel breakdown

R158
G174
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue224.26°
Saturation (HSL)45.86%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AE · B DB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “9eaedb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.