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Recognised as Colour

#8ABBFD

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

#8ABBFD is a blue with RGB values 138, 187, 253 and HSL 214°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8ABBFD#8ABBFD
HEX#8ABBFD
RGBrgb(138, 187, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.7333, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.1%, 73.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(214.4, 96.6%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 45.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,092,093
CSS custom property--colour: #8ABBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#754402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#94B3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5BCAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCC8A
Analogous#8AF5FD, #928AFD
Triadic#FD8ABB, #BBFD8A
Split complementary#FD928A, #F5FD8A
Tetradic#FD8AF5, #FDCC8A, #8AFD92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF5FF
Lighter +10%#BCD8FE
Darker −10%#589EFC
Darker −20%#2681FB
Darker −30%#0466EA
Darker −40%#0350B8
More saturated +25%#88BBFF
Less saturated −25%#99BDEE

Channel breakdown

R138
G187
B253
Red138 (54.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue214.43°
Saturation (HSL)96.64%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G BB · B FD

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