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Recognised as Colour

#9EB3FD

  • #9EB3FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9EB3FD is a blue with RGB values 158, 179, 253 and HSL 227°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9EB3FD#9EB3FD
HEX#9EB3FD
RGBrgb(158, 179, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.702, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 70.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(226.7, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 29.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,400,765
CSS custom property--colour: #9EB3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.32:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#614C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9ABAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#81C2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8Plum · ΔE 27.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE89E
Analogous#9EE3FD, #B89EFD
Triadic#FD9EB3, #B3FD9E
Split complementary#FDB99E, #E2FD9E
Tetradic#FD9EE3, #FDE89E, #9EFDB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0DAFE
Darker −10%#6C8CFC
Darker −20%#3A65FB
Darker −30%#083EFA
Darker −40%#0430CB
More saturated +25%#9CB2FF
Less saturated −25%#AABAF1

Channel breakdown

R158
G179
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue226.74°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G B3 · B FD

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