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Recognised as Colour

#9EB6FD

  • #9EB6FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9EB6FD is a blue with RGB values 158, 182, 253 and HSL 225°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9EB6FD#9EB6FD
HEX#9EB6FD
RGBrgb(158, 182, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7137, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 71.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(224.8, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,401,533
CSS custom property--colour: #9EB6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#614902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#96B4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#81C4CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 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 text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.9Plum · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE59E
Analogous#9EE5FD, #B69EFD
Triadic#FD9EB6, #B6FD9E
Split complementary#FDB69E, #E5FD9E
Tetradic#FD9EE5, #FDE59E, #9EFDB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0DCFE
Darker −10%#6C90FC
Darker −20%#3A6BFB
Darker −30%#0845FA
Darker −40%#0436CB
More saturated +25%#9CB5FF
Less saturated −25%#AABCF1

Channel breakdown

R158
G182
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue224.84°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G B6 · B FD

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