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Recognised as Colour

#9EC9EA

  • #9EC9EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9EC9EA is a blue with RGB values 158, 201, 234 and HSL 206°, 64%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9EC9EA#9EC9EA
HEX#9EC9EA
RGBrgb(158, 201, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7882, 0.9176
RGB percentages62%, 78.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(206.1, 64.4%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.1, 32.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK32.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,378
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 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#613615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#86D1D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 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 steelblue · ΔE 7.7Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 16.6Lavender · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EABF9E
Analogous#9EEAE5, #9EA3EA
Triadic#EA9EC9, #C9EA9E
Split complementary#EA9EA3, #EAE59E
Tetradic#E59EEA, #EABF9E, #A3EA9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F8FC
Lighter +10%#C8E0F3
Darker −10%#74B2E1
Darker −20%#4A9AD8
Darker −30%#2B82C4
Darker −40%#21669B
More saturated +25%#8FCBF9
Less saturated −25%#ADC7DB

Channel breakdown

R158
G201
B234
Red158 (62%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue206.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.41%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C9 · B EA

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