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Recognised as Colour

#9EAFBC

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

#9EAFBC is a blue with RGB values 158, 175, 188 and HSL 206°, 18%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9EAFBC#9EAFBC
HEX#9EAFBC
RGBrgb(158, 175, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.6863, 0.7373
RGB percentages62%, 68.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(206, 18.3%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206, 16%, 73.7%)
CMYK16%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,399,676
CSS custom property--colour: #9EAFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#615043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAFBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6ABBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#96B2B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 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 text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Silver · ΔE 11.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.6Light grey · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCAB9E
Analogous#9EBCBA, #9EA0BC
Triadic#BC9EAF, #AFBC9E
Split complementary#BC9EA0, #BCBA9E
Tetradic#BA9EBC, #BCAB9E, #A0BC9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FAFB
Lighter +20%#DAE1E6
Lighter +10%#BCC8D1
Darker −10%#8096A7
Darker −20%#647D90
Darker −30%#4F6372
Darker −40%#3A4954
More saturated +25%#8AB2D1
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R158
G175
B188
Red158 (62%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue206°
Saturation (HSL)18.29%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G AF · B BC

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