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Recognised as Colour

#9ECEFE

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

#9ECEFE is a blue with RGB values 158, 206, 254 and HSL 210°, 98%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9ECEFE#9ECEFE
HEX#9ECEFE
RGBrgb(158, 206, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8078, 0.9961
RGB percentages62%, 80.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(210, 98%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 37.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK37.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,407,678
CSS custom property--colour: #9ECEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#613101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBCFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7DD9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.3Lavender · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECE9E
Analogous#9EFEFE, #9E9EFE
Triadic#FE9ECE, #CEFE9E
Split complementary#FE9E9E, #FEFE9E
Tetradic#FE9EFE, #FECE9E, #9EFE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0E8FF
Darker −10%#6CB4FD
Darker −20%#399BFD
Darker −30%#0782FC
Darker −40%#0268CE
More saturated +25%#9DCEFF
Less saturated −25%#AACEF2

Channel breakdown

R158
G206
B254
Red158 (62%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)97.96%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G CE · B FE

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