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Recognised as Colour

#9EBEF3

  • #9EBEF3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EBEF3 is a blue with RGB values 158, 190, 243 and HSL 217°, 78%, 79%. 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

#9EBEF3#9EBEF3
HEX#9EBEF3
RGBrgb(158, 190, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7451, 0.9529
RGB percentages62%, 74.5%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(217.4, 78%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.4, 35%, 95.3%)
CMYK35%, 21.8%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,403,571
CSS custom property--colour: #9EBEF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#61410C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC1F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B9F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#84C9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 23.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.6Thistle · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3D39E
Analogous#9EE9F3, #A89EF3
Triadic#F39EBE, #BEF39E
Split complementary#F3A89E, #E9F39E
Tetradic#F39EE9, #F3D39E, #9EF3A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FBFE
Lighter +10%#CBDCF9
Darker −10%#71A0ED
Darker −20%#4381E8
Darker −30%#1B64DD
Darker −40%#1650AF
More saturated +25%#92BBFF
Less saturated −25%#ACC1E5

Channel breakdown

R158
G190
B243
Red158 (62%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue217.41°
Saturation (HSL)77.98%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G BE · B F3

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