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Recognised as Colour

#9FACE6

  • #9FACE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9FACE6 is a blue with RGB values 159, 172, 230 and HSL 229°, 59%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FACE6#9FACE6
HEX#9FACE6
RGBrgb(159, 172, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6745, 0.902
RGB percentages62.4%, 67.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(229, 58.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229, 30.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK30.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,464,486
CSS custom property--colour: #9FACE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#605319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB2E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#95ACE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8CB7C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Thistle · ΔE 23.6Plum · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 19.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6D99F
Analogous#9FCFE6, #B69FE6
Triadic#E69FAC, #ACE69F
Split complementary#E6B59F, #D0E69F
Tetradic#E69FCF, #E6D99F, #9FE6B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F2FB
Lighter +10%#C7CFF1
Darker −10%#7789DB
Darker −20%#4E66D1
Darker −30%#314ABB
Darker −40%#263A93
More saturated +25%#90A2F5
Less saturated −25%#AEB6D7

Channel breakdown

R159
G172
B230
Red159 (62.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue229.01°
Saturation (HSL)58.68%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G AC · B E6

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