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Recognised as Colour

#8BAFFF

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

#8BAFFF is a blue with RGB values 139, 175, 255 and HSL 221°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8BAFFF#8BAFFF
HEX#8BAFFF
RGBrgb(139, 175, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6863, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 68.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(221.4, 100%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 45.5%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,154,559
CSS custom property--colour: #8BAFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#745000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#5EC0CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6Light skyblue · ΔE 25.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Light steelblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDB8B
Analogous#8BE9FF, #A18BFF
Triadic#FF8BAF, #AFFF8B
Split complementary#FFA18B, #E9FF8B
Tetradic#FF8BE9, #FFDB8B, #8BFFA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F5FF
Lighter +10%#BED2FF
Darker −10%#588CFF
Darker −20%#2569FF
Darker −30%#004BF1
Darker −40%#003BBE
More saturated +25%#8BAFFF
Less saturated −25%#9AB5F1

Channel breakdown

R139
G175
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue221.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G AF · B FF

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