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Recognised as Colour

#8BBAE6

  • #8BBAE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BBAE6 is a blue with RGB values 139, 186, 230 and HSL 209°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BBAE6#8BBAE6
HEX#8BBAE6
RGBrgb(139, 186, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7294, 0.902
RGB percentages54.5%, 72.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(209, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,157,350
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.26:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#744519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BBE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB1E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6AC4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B78B
Analogous#8BE6E5, #8B8CE6
Triadic#E68BBA, #BAE68B
Split complementary#E68B8C, #E6E58B
Tetradic#E58BE6, #E6B78B, #8CE68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFECF8
Lighter +10%#B5D3EF
Darker −10%#61A1DD
Darker −20%#3788D4
Darker −30%#266EB2
Darker −40%#1D5488
More saturated +25%#79BBF8
Less saturated −25%#9DB9D4

Channel breakdown

R139
G186
B230
Red139 (54.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue209.01°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BA · B E6

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