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Recognised as Colour

#8BA7F0

  • #8BA7F0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8BA7F0 is a blue with RGB values 139, 167, 240 and HSL 223°, 77%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8BA7F0#8BA7F0
HEX#8BA7F0
RGBrgb(139, 167, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6549, 0.9412
RGB percentages54.5%, 65.5%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(223.4, 77.1%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 42.1%, 94.1%)
CMYK42.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,152,496
CSS custom property--colour: #8BA7F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#74580F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DADF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A4EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#68B6C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.7Light steelblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0D48B
Analogous#8BD9F0, #A28BF0
Triadic#F08BA7, #A7F08B
Split complementary#F0A28B, #DAF08B
Tetradic#F08BD9, #F0D48B, #8BF0A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5ECFC
Lighter +10%#B8C9F6
Darker −10%#5E85EA
Darker −20%#3162E4
Darker −30%#1A4AC8
Darker −40%#14399B
More saturated +25%#7CA0FF
Less saturated −25%#9BAEE0

Channel breakdown

R139
G167
B240
Red139 (54.5%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue223.37°
Saturation (HSL)77.1%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G A7 · B F0

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