Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#8BA7D5

  • #8BA7D5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8BA7D5 is a blue with RGB values 139, 167, 213 and HSL 217°, 47%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8BA7D5#8BA7D5
HEX#8BA7D5
RGBrgb(139, 167, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6549, 0.8353
RGB percentages54.5%, 65.5%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(217.3, 46.8%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.3, 34.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK34.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,152,469
CSS custom property--colour: #8BA7D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#74582A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97AAD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA2D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#74B1B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Slate grey · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5B98B
Analogous#8BCCD5, #948BD5
Triadic#D58BA7, #A7D58B
Split complementary#D5948B, #CCD58B
Tetradic#D58BCC, #D5B98B, #8BD594

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFE
Lighter +20%#D6E0F0
Lighter +10%#B0C3E3
Darker −10%#668BC7
Darker −20%#426FB8
Darker −30%#355892
Darker −40%#27426D
More saturated +25%#77A2E9
Less saturated −25%#9FACC1

Channel breakdown

R139
G167
B213
Red139 (54.5%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue217.3°
Saturation (HSL)46.84%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G A7 · B D5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8ba7d5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.