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Recognised as Colour

#9FABCA

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

#9FABCA is a blue with RGB values 159, 171, 202 and HSL 223°, 29%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FABCA#9FABCA
HEX#9FABCA
RGBrgb(159, 171, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6706, 0.7922
RGB percentages62.4%, 67.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(223.3, 28.9%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 21.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,464,202
CSS custom property--colour: #9FABCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#605435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2ADCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#95B1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 16.7Dark grey · ΔE 17.4Slate grey · ΔE 19Silver · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABE9F
Analogous#9FC0CA, #A99FCA
Triadic#CA9FAB, #ABCA9F
Split complementary#CAA99F, #C0CA9F
Tetradic#CA9FC0, #CABE9F, #9FCAA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E5EE
Lighter +10%#C0C8DC
Darker −10%#7E8EB8
Darker −20%#5D71A6
Darker −30%#4A5B86
Darker −40%#384465
More saturated +25%#8CA3DD
Less saturated −25%#B2B3B7

Channel breakdown

R159
G171
B202
Red159 (62.4%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue223.26°
Saturation (HSL)28.86%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G AB · B CA

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