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Recognised as Colour

#8BA8DA

  • #8BA8DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8BA8DA is a blue with RGB values 139, 168, 218 and HSL 218°, 52%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8BA8DA#8BA8DA
HEX#8BA8DA
RGBrgb(139, 168, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6588, 0.8549
RGB percentages54.5%, 65.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(218, 51.6%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 36.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK36.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,152,730
CSS custom property--colour: #8BA8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#745725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97ABDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA4D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72B2B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 21.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 17.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABD8B
Analogous#8BCFDA, #968BDA
Triadic#DA8BA8, #A8DA8B
Split complementary#DA958B, #D0DA8B
Tetradic#DA8BCF, #DABD8B, #8BDA95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E2F3
Lighter +10%#B2C5E6
Darker −10%#648BCE
Darker −20%#3E6EC1
Darker −30%#31589B
Darker −40%#254274
More saturated +25%#78A3ED
Less saturated −25%#9EADC7

Channel breakdown

R139
G168
B218
Red139 (54.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue217.97°
Saturation (HSL)51.63%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G A8 · B DA

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