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Recognised as Colour

#8BACE6

  • #8BACE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BACE6 is a blue with RGB values 139, 172, 230 and HSL 218°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BACE6#8BACE6
HEX#8BACE6
RGBrgb(139, 172, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6745, 0.902
RGB percentages54.5%, 67.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(218.2, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.2, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,153,766
CSS custom property--colour: #8BACE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#745319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA7E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6CB8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.1Sky blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6C58B
Analogous#8BDAE6, #988BE6
Triadic#E68BAC, #ACE68B
Split complementary#E6978B, #D9E68B
Tetradic#E68BD9, #E6C58B, #8BE697

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE8F8
Lighter +10%#B5CAEF
Darker −10%#618EDD
Darker −20%#3770D4
Darker −30%#2659B2
Darker −40%#1D4488
More saturated +25%#79A7F8
Less saturated −25%#9DB1D4

Channel breakdown

R139
G172
B230
Red139 (54.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue218.24°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AC · B E6

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