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Recognised as Colour

#8BAEEA

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

#8BAEEA is a blue with RGB values 139, 174, 234 and HSL 218°, 69%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BAEEA#8BAEEA
HEX#8BAEEA
RGBrgb(139, 174, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6824, 0.9176
RGB percentages54.5%, 68.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(217.9, 69.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.9, 40.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK40.6%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,154,282
CSS custom property--colour: #8BAEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#745115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6ABBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC78B
Analogous#8BDEEA, #978BEA
Triadic#EA8BAE, #AEEA8B
Split complementary#EA978B, #DDEA8B
Tetradic#EA8BDE, #EAC78B, #8BEA97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EAFA
Lighter +10%#B6CCF2
Darker −10%#6090E2
Darker −20%#3572DA
Darker −30%#225ABA
Darker −40%#1A458F
More saturated +25%#7AA9FB
Less saturated −25%#9CB3D9

Channel breakdown

R139
G174
B234
Red139 (54.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue217.89°
Saturation (HSL)69.34%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AE · B EA

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