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Recognised as Colour

#8BADE5

  • #8BADE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BADE5 is a blue with RGB values 139, 173, 229 and HSL 217°, 63%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BADE5#8BADE5
HEX#8BADE5
RGBrgb(139, 173, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6784, 0.898
RGB percentages54.5%, 67.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(217.3, 63.4%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.3, 39.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,154,021
CSS custom property--colour: #8BADE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#74521A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B0E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA8E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6DB9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 22Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C38B
Analogous#8BDAE5, #968BE5
Triadic#E58BAD, #ADE58B
Split complementary#E5968B, #DAE58B
Tetradic#E58BDA, #E5C38B, #8BE596

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE8F8
Lighter +10%#B5CAEE
Darker −10%#6190DC
Darker −20%#3872D2
Darker −30%#275BB0
Darker −40%#1E4586
More saturated +25%#79A9F7
Less saturated −25%#9DB1D3

Channel breakdown

R139
G173
B229
Red139 (54.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue217.33°
Saturation (HSL)63.38%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AD · B E5

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