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Recognised as Colour

#8BB8DC

  • #8BB8DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BB8DC is a blue with RGB values 139, 184, 220 and HSL 207°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BB8DC#8BB8DC
HEX#8BB8DC
RGBrgb(139, 184, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7216, 0.8627
RGB percentages54.5%, 72.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(206.7, 53.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 36.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK36.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,156,828
CSS custom property--colour: #8BB8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44937WCAG 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 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#744723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAFDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6FC1C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 16.5Light slate grey · ΔE 21Powder blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCAF8B
Analogous#8BDCD8, #8B8FDC
Triadic#DC8BB8, #B8DC8B
Split complementary#DC8B8F, #DCD88B
Tetradic#D88BDC, #DCAF8B, #8FDC8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9E8F4
Lighter +10%#B2D0E8
Darker −10%#64A0D0
Darker −20%#3D88C4
Darker −30%#306D9E
Darker −40%#245277
More saturated +25%#78BAEF
Less saturated −25%#9EB6C9

Channel breakdown

R139
G184
B220
Red139 (54.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)53.64%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G B8 · B DC

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