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Recognised as Colour

#9EB6DE

  • #9EB6DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EB6DE is a blue with RGB values 158, 182, 222 and HSL 218°, 49%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EB6DE#9EB6DE
HEX#9EB6DE
RGBrgb(158, 182, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7137, 0.8706
RGB percentages62%, 71.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(217.5, 49.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 28.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK28.8%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,401,502
CSS custom property--colour: #9EB6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#614921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CBEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 19.3Thistle · ΔE 19.5Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC69E
Analogous#9ED6DE, #A69EDE
Triadic#DE9EB6, #B6DE9E
Split complementary#DEA69E, #D6DE9E
Tetradic#DE9ED6, #DEC69E, #9EDEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEFF8
Lighter +10%#C4D3EB
Darker −10%#7899D1
Darker −20%#527DC4
Darker −30%#3A64A9
Darker −40%#2D4D83
More saturated +25%#8EB2EE
Less saturated −25%#AEBACE

Channel breakdown

R158
G182
B222
Red158 (62%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)49.23%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G B6 · B DE

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