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Recognised as Colour

#9EC7FA

  • #9EC7FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC7FA is a blue with RGB values 158, 199, 250 and HSL 213°, 90%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EC7FA#9EC7FA
HEX#9EC7FA
RGBrgb(158, 199, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7804, 0.9804
RGB percentages62%, 78%, 98%
HSLhsl(213.3, 90.2%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.3, 36.8%, 98%)
CMYK36.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,882
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#613805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C0F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#80D2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Light blue · ΔE 20.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Lavender · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAD19E
Analogous#9EF5FA, #A39EFA
Triadic#FA9EC7, #C7FA9E
Split complementary#FAA39E, #F5FA9E
Tetradic#FA9EF5, #FAD19E, #9EFAA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CFE3FD
Darker −10%#6DABF8
Darker −20%#3D8FF5
Darker −30%#0C73F3
Darker −40%#0A5CC2
More saturated +25%#99C6FF
Less saturated −25%#ABC8ED

Channel breakdown

R158
G199
B250
Red158 (62%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue213.26°
Saturation (HSL)90.2%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C7 · B FA

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