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Recognised as Colour

#9EBCD3

  • #9EBCD3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EBCD3 is a blue with RGB values 158, 188, 211 and HSL 206°, 38%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EBCD3#9EBCD3
HEX#9EBCD3
RGBrgb(158, 188, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7373, 0.8275
RGB percentages62%, 73.7%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(206, 37.6%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206, 25.1%, 82.7%)
CMYK25.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,403,027
CSS custom property--colour: #9EBCD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#61432C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BBD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB5D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8FC2C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.2Light blue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 16Powder blue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3B59E
Analogous#9ED3D0, #9EA1D3
Triadic#D39EBC, #BCD39E
Split complementary#D39EA1, #D3D09E
Tetradic#D09ED3, #D3B59E, #A1D39E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4ECF3
Lighter +10%#C1D4E3
Darker −10%#7BA4C3
Darker −20%#588CB3
Darker −30%#437195
Darker −40%#335772
More saturated +25%#8CBEE5
Less saturated −25%#B0BAC1

Channel breakdown

R158
G188
B211
Red158 (62%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue206.04°
Saturation (HSL)37.59%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G BC · B D3

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