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Colour

#8BA9EE

  • #8BA9EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8BA9EE is a blue with RGB values 139, 169, 238 and HSL 222°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8BA9EE#8BA9EE
HEX#8BA9EE
RGBrgb(139, 169, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6627, 0.9333
RGB percentages54.5%, 66.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(221.8, 74.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.8, 41.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK41.6%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,153,006
CSS custom property--colour: #8BA9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#745611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91AFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#69B7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Light steelblue · ΔE 25.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED08B
Analogous#8BDBEE, #9E8BEE
Triadic#EE8BA9, #A9EE8B
Split complementary#EE9F8B, #DBEE8B
Tetradic#EE8BDB, #EED08B, #8BEE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EBFB
Lighter +10%#B7CAF5
Darker −10%#5F88E7
Darker −20%#3267E1
Darker −30%#1D4FC3
Darker −40%#163D97
More saturated +25%#7AA2FF
Less saturated −25%#9CB0DD

Channel breakdown

R139
G169
B238
Red139 (54.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue221.82°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G A9 · B EE

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