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Recognised as Colour

#9EBDFD

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

#9EBDFD is a blue with RGB values 158, 189, 253 and HSL 220°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EBDFD#9EBDFD
HEX#9EBDFD
RGBrgb(158, 189, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7412, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 74.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(220.4, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,403,325
CSS custom property--colour: #9EBDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#614202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7C2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#80CAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 21Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)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#FDDE9E
Analogous#9EECFD, #AF9EFD
Triadic#FD9EBD, #BDFD9E
Split complementary#FDAF9E, #EDFD9E
Tetradic#FD9EEC, #FDDE9E, #9EFDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0DFFE
Darker −10%#6C9BFC
Darker −20%#3A79FB
Darker −30%#0857FA
Darker −40%#0445CB
More saturated +25%#9CBCFF
Less saturated −25%#AAC1F1

Channel breakdown

R158
G189
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue220.42°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G BD · B FD

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