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Recognised as Colour

#9FB8EF

  • #9FB8EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9FB8EF is a blue with RGB values 159, 184, 239 and HSL 221°, 71%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9FB8EF#9FB8EF
HEX#9FB8EF
RGBrgb(159, 184, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7216, 0.9373
RGB percentages62.4%, 72.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(221.3, 71.4%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 33.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.5%, 23%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,467,567
CSS custom property--colour: #9FB8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#604710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6BCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#87C3CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.5Thistle · ΔE 23.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD69F
Analogous#9FE0EF, #AE9FEF
Triadic#EF9FB8, #B8EF9F
Split complementary#EFAE9F, #E0EF9F
Tetradic#EF9FE0, #EFD69F, #9FEFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F9FE
Lighter +10%#CBD8F6
Darker −10%#7398E8
Darker −20%#4877E0
Darker −30%#235AD2
Darker −40%#1C47A6
More saturated +25%#91B3FD
Less saturated −25%#ADBDE1

Channel breakdown

R159
G184
B239
Red159 (62.4%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue221.25°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G B8 · B EF

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