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Recognised as Colour

#9EC8FD

  • #9EC8FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9EC8FD is a blue with RGB values 158, 200, 253 and HSL 213°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9EC8FD#9EC8FD
HEX#9EC8FD
RGBrgb(158, 200, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7843, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 78.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(213.5, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,141
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.13:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#613702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9C1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7ED4DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6Light blue · ΔE 21.8Lavender · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD39E
Analogous#9EF8FD, #A39EFD
Triadic#FD9EC8, #C8FD9E
Split complementary#FDA39E, #F8FD9E
Tetradic#FD9EF8, #FDD39E, #9EFDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0E4FE
Darker −10%#6CACFC
Darker −20%#3A8FFB
Darker −30%#0873FA
Darker −40%#045CCB
More saturated +25%#9CC8FF
Less saturated −25%#AAC9F1

Channel breakdown

R158
G200
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue213.47°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C8 · B FD

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