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Recognised as Colour

#8A9BED

  • #8A9BED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8A9BED is a blue with RGB values 138, 155, 237 and HSL 230°, 73%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8A9BED#8A9BED
HEX#8A9BED
RGBrgb(138, 155, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6078, 0.9294
RGB percentages54.1%, 60.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(229.7, 73.3%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.7, 41.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK41.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,083,885
CSS custom property--colour: #8A9BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#756412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EA4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#769CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#69ACB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Medium purple · ΔE 25.7Plum · ΔE 28.9Royal blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDC8A
Analogous#8ACCED, #AB8AED
Triadic#ED8A9B, #9BED8A
Split complementary#EDAB8A, #CDED8A
Tetradic#ED8ACC, #EDDC8A, #8AEDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E7FB
Lighter +10%#B6C1F4
Darker −10%#5E75E6
Darker −20%#324FDF
Darker −30%#1E3AC0
Darker −40%#172C94
More saturated +25%#7990FE
Less saturated −25%#9BA6DC

Channel breakdown

R138
G155
B237
Red138 (54.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue229.7°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 9B · B ED

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