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Recognised as Colour

#9FBCED

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

#9FBCED is a blue with RGB values 159, 188, 237 and HSL 218°, 68%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FBCED#9FBCED
HEX#9FBCED
RGBrgb(159, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages62.4%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(217.7, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.7, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK32.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,468,589
CSS custom property--colour: #9FBCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#604312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#88C6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 21.9Thistle · ΔE 22.1Lavender · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD09F
Analogous#9FE3ED, #A99FED
Triadic#ED9FBC, #BCED9F
Split complementary#EDA99F, #E3ED9F
Tetradic#ED9FE3, #EDD09F, #9FEDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F8FD
Lighter +10%#CADAF5
Darker −10%#749EE5
Darker −20%#4980DD
Darker −30%#2664CD
Darker −40%#1E4FA2
More saturated +25%#91B8FB
Less saturated −25%#ADC0DF

Channel breakdown

R159
G188
B237
Red159 (62.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue217.69°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G BC · B ED

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