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Recognised as Colour

#9FA7BC

  • #9FA7BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9FA7BC is a blue with RGB values 159, 167, 188 and HSL 223°, 18%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FA7BC#9FA7BC
HEX#9FA7BC
RGBrgb(159, 167, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6549, 0.7373
RGB percentages62.4%, 65.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(223.4, 17.8%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 15.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK15.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,463,164
CSS custom property--colour: #9FA7BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#605843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A8BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA6BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#98ABAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Dark grey · ΔE 11.8Light slate grey · ΔE 13.1Silver · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB49F
Analogous#9FB6BC, #A59FBC
Triadic#BC9FA7, #A7BC9F
Split complementary#BCA69F, #B6BC9F
Tetradic#BC9FB6, #BCB49F, #9FBCA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FAFB
Lighter +20%#DBDEE6
Lighter +10%#BDC3D1
Darker −10%#818BA7
Darker −20%#657190
Darker −30%#505972
Darker −40%#3B4254
More saturated +25%#8B9ED0
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R159
G167
B188
Red159 (62.4%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue223.45°
Saturation (HSL)17.79%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G A7 · B BC

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