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Recognised as Colour

#9FCBE9

  • #9FCBE9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9FCBE9 is a blue with RGB values 159, 203, 233 and HSL 204°, 63%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FCBE9#9FCBE9
HEX#9FCBE9
RGBrgb(159, 203, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7961, 0.9137
RGB percentages62.4%, 79.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(204.3, 62.7%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.3, 31.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK31.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,472,425
CSS custom property--colour: #9FCBE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#603416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECAEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#87D3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9BD9F
Analogous#9FE9E2, #9FA6E9
Triadic#E99FCB, #CBE99F
Split complementary#E99FA6, #E9E29F
Tetradic#E29FE9, #E9BD9F, #A6E99F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F8FC
Lighter +10%#C8E1F3
Darker −10%#76B5DF
Darker −20%#4C9ED6
Darker −30%#2D86C2
Darker −40%#236999
More saturated +25%#90CEF8
Less saturated −25%#AEC8DA

Channel breakdown

R159
G203
B233
Red159 (62.4%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue204.32°
Saturation (HSL)62.71%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G CB · B E9

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