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Recognised as Colour

#9EC6FC

  • #9EC6FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC6FC is a blue with RGB values 158, 198, 252 and HSL 214°, 94%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EC6FC#9EC6FC
HEX#9EC6FC
RGBrgb(158, 198, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7765, 0.9882
RGB percentages62%, 77.6%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(214.5, 94%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.5, 37.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK37.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,628
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC6FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#613903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7FD2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 22.6Lavender · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD49E
Analogous#9EF5FC, #A59EFC
Triadic#FC9EC6, #C6FC9E
Split complementary#FCA59E, #F5FC9E
Tetradic#FC9EF5, #FCD49E, #9EFCA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CFE3FE
Darker −10%#6DA9FA
Darker −20%#3B8CF9
Darker −30%#0A6FF7
Darker −40%#0659C8
More saturated +25%#9BC6FF
Less saturated −25%#ABC8F0

Channel breakdown

R158
G198
B252
Red158 (62%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue214.47°
Saturation (HSL)94%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C6 · B FC

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