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Recognised as Colour

#9EC7FC

  • #9EC7FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC7FC is a blue with RGB values 158, 199, 252 and HSL 214°, 94%, 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

#9EC7FC#9EC7FC
HEX#9EC7FC
RGBrgb(158, 199, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7804, 0.9882
RGB percentages62%, 78%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(213.8, 94%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 37.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK37.3%, 21%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,405,884
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC7FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#613803

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7FD3D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 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 text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8Light blue · ΔE 21.9Lavender · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD39E
Analogous#9EF6FC, #A49EFC
Triadic#FC9EC7, #C7FC9E
Split complementary#FCA49E, #F6FC9E
Tetradic#FC9EF6, #FCD39E, #9EFCA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CFE4FE
Darker −10%#6DAAFA
Darker −20%#3B8EF9
Darker −30%#0A71F7
Darker −40%#065BC8
More saturated +25%#9BC7FF
Less saturated −25%#ABC9F0

Channel breakdown

R158
G199
B252
Red158 (62%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue213.83°
Saturation (HSL)94%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C7 · B FC

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