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Colour

#8BBAFF

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

#8BBAFF is a blue with RGB values 139, 186, 255 and HSL 216°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BBAFF#8BBAFF
HEX#8BBAFF
RGBrgb(139, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages54.5%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(215.7, 100%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.7, 45.5%, 100%)
CMYK45.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,157,375
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#744500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#92B3FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5CC9D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Sky blue · ΔE 25
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#FFD08B
Analogous#8BF4FF, #968BFF
Triadic#FF8BBA, #BAFF8B
Split complementary#FF968B, #F4FF8B
Tetradic#FF8BF4, #FFD08B, #8BFF96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F7FF
Lighter +10%#BED8FF
Darker −10%#589CFF
Darker −20%#257DFF
Darker −30%#0062F1
Darker −40%#004DBE
More saturated +25%#8BBAFF
Less saturated −25%#9ABDF1

Channel breakdown

R139
G186
B255
Red139 (54.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue215.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BA · B FF

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