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Recognised as Colour

#9EC7EF

  • #9EC7EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC7EF is a blue with RGB values 158, 199, 239 and HSL 210°, 72%, 78%. 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

#9EC7EF#9EC7EF
HEX#9EC7EF
RGBrgb(158, 199, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7804, 0.9373
RGB percentages62%, 78%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(209.6, 71.7%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.6, 33.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,871
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#613810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBFEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84D0D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 20.4Lavender · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC69E
Analogous#9EEFEE, #9E9FEF
Triadic#EF9EC7, #C7EF9E
Split complementary#EF9E9F, #EFEF9E
Tetradic#EE9EEF, #EFC69E, #9FEF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FAFD
Lighter +10%#CAE0F6
Darker −10%#72AEE8
Darker −20%#4694E1
Darker −30%#237BD1
Darker −40%#1B61A6
More saturated +25%#90C7FD
Less saturated −25%#ACC7E1

Channel breakdown

R158
G199
B239
Red158 (62%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue209.63°
Saturation (HSL)71.68%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C7 · B EF

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