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Recognised as Colour

#8BB5FE

  • #8BB5FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8BB5FE is a blue with RGB values 139, 181, 254 and HSL 218°, 98%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8BB5FE#8BB5FE
HEX#8BB5FE
RGBrgb(139, 181, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7098, 0.9961
RGB percentages54.5%, 71%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(218.1, 98.3%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.1, 45.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK45.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,156,094
CSS custom property--colour: #8BB5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#744A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9ABAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5EC5CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED48B
Analogous#8BEFFE, #9B8BFE
Triadic#FE8BB5, #B5FE8B
Split complementary#FE9A8B, #EFFE8B
Tetradic#FE8BEE, #FED48B, #8BFE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F6FF
Lighter +10%#BED5FE
Darker −10%#5895FE
Darker −20%#2674FD
Darker −30%#0258EE
Darker −40%#0245BB
More saturated +25%#8AB5FF
Less saturated −25%#9AB9EF

Channel breakdown

R139
G181
B254
Red139 (54.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue218.09°
Saturation (HSL)98.29%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G B5 · B FE

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