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Recognised as Colour

#9FADBC

  • #9FADBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9FADBC is a blue with RGB values 159, 173, 188 and HSL 211°, 18%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9FADBC#9FADBC
HEX#9FADBC
RGBrgb(159, 173, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6784, 0.7373
RGB percentages62.4%, 67.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(211, 17.8%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211, 15.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK15.4%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,464,700
CSS custom property--colour: #9FADBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#605243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8ADBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AABCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#98B0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Silver · ΔE 12.2Light slate grey · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 16.6Light grey · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCAE9F
Analogous#9FBCBC, #A09FBC
Triadic#BC9FAD, #ADBC9F
Split complementary#BCA09F, #BCBC9F
Tetradic#BC9FBC, #BCAE9F, #9FBCA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FAFB
Lighter +20%#DBE0E6
Lighter +10%#BDC7D1
Darker −10%#8193A7
Darker −20%#657A90
Darker −30%#506072
Darker −40%#3B4754
More saturated +25%#8BACD0
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R159
G173
B188
Red159 (62.4%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue211.03°
Saturation (HSL)17.79%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G AD · B BC

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