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Recognised as Colour

#9EC2ED

  • #9EC2ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC2ED is a blue with RGB values 158, 194, 237 and HSL 213°, 69%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EC2ED#9EC2ED
HEX#9EC2ED
RGBrgb(158, 194, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7608, 0.9294
RGB percentages62%, 76.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(212.7, 68.7%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.7, 33.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK33.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,404,589
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#613D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#86CBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 17.6Lavender · ΔE 22Thistle · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC99E
Analogous#9EE9ED, #A29EED
Triadic#ED9EC2, #C2ED9E
Split complementary#EDA29E, #E9ED9E
Tetradic#ED9EE9, #EDC99E, #9EEDA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F8FD
Lighter +10%#C9DDF5
Darker −10%#73A7E5
Darker −20%#488CDD
Darker −30%#2672CC
Darker −40%#1E5AA1
More saturated +25%#90C1FB
Less saturated −25%#ACC3DF

Channel breakdown

R158
G194
B237
Red158 (62%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue212.66°
Saturation (HSL)68.7%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C2 · B ED

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