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Recognised as Colour

#9EBCFE

  • #9EBCFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EBCFE is a blue with RGB values 158, 188, 254 and HSL 221°, 98%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EBCFE#9EBCFE
HEX#9EBCFE
RGBrgb(158, 188, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7373, 0.9961
RGB percentages62%, 73.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.3, 98%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 37.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK37.8%, 26%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,403,070
CSS custom property--colour: #9EBCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#614301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7FCAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.6Sky blue · ΔE 25.3Steel blue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE09E
Analogous#9EECFE, #B09EFE
Triadic#FE9EBC, #BCFE9E
Split complementary#FEB09E, #ECFE9E
Tetradic#FE9EEC, #FEE09E, #9EFEB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0DFFF
Darker −10%#6C99FD
Darker −20%#3976FD
Darker −30%#0753FC
Darker −40%#0242CE
More saturated +25%#9DBCFF
Less saturated −25%#AAC1F2

Channel breakdown

R158
G188
B254
Red158 (62%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.25°
Saturation (HSL)97.96%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G BC · B FE

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