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Recognised as Colour

#9EBBE6

  • #9EBBE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EBBE6 is a blue with RGB values 158, 187, 230 and HSL 216°, 59%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EBBE6#9EBBE6
HEX#9EBBE6
RGBrgb(158, 187, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7333, 0.902
RGB percentages62%, 73.3%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(215.8, 59%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 31.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK31.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,402,790
CSS custom property--colour: #9EBBE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#614419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBDE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#89C4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 19.2Thistle · ΔE 20.8Lavender · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6C99E
Analogous#9EDFE6, #A59EE6
Triadic#E69EBB, #BBE69E
Split complementary#E6A59E, #DFE69E
Tetradic#E69EDF, #E6C99E, #9EE6A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF4FB
Lighter +10%#C7D7F0
Darker −10%#759FDC
Darker −20%#4D82D1
Darker −30%#3068BB
Darker −40%#265192
More saturated +25%#8FB8F5
Less saturated −25%#ADBED7

Channel breakdown

R158
G187
B230
Red158 (62%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue215.83°
Saturation (HSL)59.02%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G BB · B E6

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