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Recognised as Colour

#8BADFF

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

#8BADFF is a blue with RGB values 139, 173, 255 and HSL 222°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8BADFF#8BADFF
HEX#8BADFF
RGBrgb(139, 173, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6784, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 67.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(222.4, 100%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 45.5%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,154,047
CSS custom property--colour: #8BADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#745200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FB4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#83AAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5FBECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Steel blue · ΔE 26.2Light skyblue · ΔE 27.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDD8B
Analogous#8BE7FF, #A38BFF
Triadic#FF8BAD, #ADFF8B
Split complementary#FFA38B, #E7FF8B
Tetradic#FF8BE7, #FFDD8B, #8BFFA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F5FF
Lighter +10%#BED1FF
Darker −10%#5889FF
Darker −20%#2565FF
Darker −30%#0047F1
Darker −40%#0038BE
More saturated +25%#8BADFF
Less saturated −25%#9AB3F1

Channel breakdown

R139
G173
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue222.41°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AD · B FF

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