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Recognised as Colour

#8BBCD5

  • #8BBCD5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8BBCD5 is a blue with RGB values 139, 188, 213 and HSL 200°, 47%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8BBCD5#8BBCD5
HEX#8BBCD5
RGBrgb(139, 188, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7373, 0.8353
RGB percentages54.5%, 73.7%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(200.3, 46.8%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 34.7%, 83.5%)
CMYK34.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,157,845
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#74432A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BAD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B1D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#71C3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 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 text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 11.9Light skyblue · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5A48B
Analogous#8BD5C9, #8B97D5
Triadic#D58BBC, #BCD58B
Split complementary#D58B97, #D5C98B
Tetradic#C98BD5, #D5A48B, #97D58B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#D6E7F0
Lighter +10%#B0D2E3
Darker −10%#66A6C7
Darker −20%#4290B8
Darker −30%#357392
Darker −40%#27556D
More saturated +25%#77C2E9
Less saturated −25%#9FB6C1

Channel breakdown

R139
G188
B213
Red139 (54.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue200.27°
Saturation (HSL)46.84%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BC · B D5

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