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Recognised as Colour

#9EB6FB

  • #9EB6FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9EB6FB is a blue with RGB values 158, 182, 251 and HSL 225°, 92%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9EB6FB#9EB6FB
HEX#9EB6FB
RGBrgb(158, 182, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7137, 0.9843
RGB percentages62%, 71.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(224.5, 92.1%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 37.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK37.1%, 27.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,401,531
CSS custom property--colour: #9EB6FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#614904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBCFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#81C4CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 21.4Light steelblue · ΔE 23.9Steel blue · ΔE 25.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6Sky blue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBE39E
Analogous#9EE5FB, #B49EFB
Triadic#FB9EB6, #B6FB9E
Split complementary#FBB49E, #E5FB9E
Tetradic#FB9EE5, #FBE39E, #9EFBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CFDBFD
Darker −10%#6D91F9
Darker −20%#3C6CF7
Darker −30%#0B47F5
Darker −40%#0839C5
More saturated +25%#9AB4FF
Less saturated −25%#ABBCEE

Channel breakdown

R158
G182
B251
Red158 (62%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue224.52°
Saturation (HSL)92.08%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G B6 · B FB

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