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Recognised as Colour

#8ABBE9

  • #8ABBE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8ABBE9 is a blue with RGB values 138, 187, 233 and HSL 209°, 68%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8ABBE9#8ABBE9
HEX#8ABBE9
RGBrgb(138, 187, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.7333, 0.9137
RGB percentages54.1%, 73.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(209.1, 68.3%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 40.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK40.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,092,073
CSS custom property--colour: #8ABBE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#754416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BCEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB2E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#67C6CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9B88A
Analogous#8AE9E8, #8A8BE9
Triadic#E98ABB, #BBE98A
Split complementary#E98A8B, #E9E88A
Tetradic#E88AE9, #E9B88A, #8BE98A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EDF9
Lighter +10%#B5D4F1
Darker −10%#5FA2E1
Darker −20%#3489D9
Darker −30%#236FB7
Darker −40%#1A558D
More saturated +25%#79BCFA
Less saturated −25%#9BBAD8

Channel breakdown

R138
G187
B233
Red138 (54.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue209.05°
Saturation (HSL)68.35%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G BB · B E9

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