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Recognised as Colour

#9FCBED

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

#9FCBED is a blue with RGB values 159, 203, 237 and HSL 206°, 68%, 78%. 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

#9FCBED#9FCBED
HEX#9FCBED
RGBrgb(159, 203, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7961, 0.9294
RGB percentages62.4%, 79.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(206.2, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.2, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK32.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,472,429
CSS custom property--colour: #9FCBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#603412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C2ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#86D3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 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 text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light skyblue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 11.6Powder blue · ΔE 16.7Lavender · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC19F
Analogous#9FEDE8, #9FA4ED
Triadic#ED9FCB, #CBED9F
Split complementary#ED9FA4, #EDE89F
Tetradic#E89FED, #EDC19F, #A4ED9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FAFD
Lighter +10%#CAE2F5
Darker −10%#74B4E5
Darker −20%#499CDD
Darker −30%#2684CD
Darker −40%#1E68A2
More saturated +25%#91CDFB
Less saturated −25%#ADC9DF

Channel breakdown

R159
G203
B237
Red159 (62.4%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue206.15°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G CB · B ED

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