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Recognised as Colour

#9FACCB

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

#9FACCB is a blue with RGB values 159, 172, 203 and HSL 222°, 30%, 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

#9FACCB#9FACCB
HEX#9FACCB
RGBrgb(159, 172, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6745, 0.7961
RGB percentages62.4%, 67.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(222.3, 29.7%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 21.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,464,459
CSS custom property--colour: #9FACCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#605334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3AECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FAACAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#94B2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 16.8Dark grey · ΔE 17.4Silver · ΔE 18.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBBE9F
Analogous#9FC2CB, #A89FCB
Triadic#CB9FAC, #ACCB9F
Split complementary#CBA89F, #C2CB9F
Tetradic#CB9FC2, #CBBE9F, #9FCBA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E5EF
Lighter +10%#C0C9DD
Darker −10%#7E8FB9
Darker −20%#5D73A7
Darker −30%#495C88
Darker −40%#384566
More saturated +25%#8CA4DD
Less saturated −25%#B2B4B8

Channel breakdown

R159
G172
B203
Red159 (62.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue222.27°
Saturation (HSL)29.73%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G AC · B CB

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