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Recognised as Colour

#008FDE

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

#008FDE is a blue with RGB values 0, 143, 222 and HSL 201°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#008FDE#008FDE
HEX#008FDE
RGBrgb(0, 143, 222)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5608, 0.8706
RGB percentages0%, 56.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(201.4, 100%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 100%, 87.1%)
CMYK100%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,830
CSS custom property--colour: #008FDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF7021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6892E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B81DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.3Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3Light skyblue · ΔE 31.5Royal blue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE4F00
Analogous#00DEBE, #0020DE
Triadic#DE008F, #8FDE00
Split complementary#DE0020, #DEBE00
Tetradic#BE00DE, #DE4F00, #20DE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE1FF
Lighter +30%#78CFFF
Lighter +20%#45BDFF
Lighter +10%#12ABFF
Darker −10%#006EAB
Darker −20%#004D78
Darker −30%#002C45
Darker −40%#000C12
More saturated +25%#008FDE
Less saturated −25%#1C87C2

Channel breakdown

R0
G143
B222
Red0 (0%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue201.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8F · B DE

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