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Recognised as Colour

#008BDE

  • #008BDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#008BDE is a blue with RGB values 0, 139, 222 and HSL 202°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#008BDE#008BDE
HEX#008BDE
RGBrgb(0, 139, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(202.4, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.4, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,806
CSS custom property--colour: #008BDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#FF7421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#628FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#437EDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009FAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2Royal blue · ΔE 31.6Light skyblue · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE5300
Analogous#00DEC2, #001CDE
Triadic#DE008B, #8BDE00
Split complementary#DE001C, #DEC200
Tetradic#C200DE, #DE5300, #1CDE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE0FF
Lighter +30%#78CDFF
Lighter +20%#45B9FF
Lighter +10%#12A6FF
Darker −10%#006BAB
Darker −20%#004B78
Darker −30%#002B45
Darker −40%#000B12
More saturated +25%#008BDE
Less saturated −25%#1C84C2

Channel breakdown

R0
G139
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue202.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B DE

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