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Recognised as Colour

#8BBCDE

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

#8BBCDE is a blue with RGB values 139, 188, 222 and HSL 205°, 56%, 71%. 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

#8BBCDE#8BBCDE
HEX#8BBCDE
RGBrgb(139, 188, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7373, 0.8706
RGB percentages54.5%, 73.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(204.6, 55.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.6, 37.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK37.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,157,854
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBCDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#744321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBBE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6EC5C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEAD8B
Analogous#8BDED7, #8B92DE
Triadic#DE8BBC, #BCDE8B
Split complementary#DE8B92, #DED68B
Tetradic#D78BDE, #DEAD8B, #93DE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAEAF5
Lighter +10%#B3D3E9
Darker −10%#63A5D3
Darker −20%#3C8EC7
Darker −30%#2E72A2
Darker −40%#23567A
More saturated +25%#78BFF1
Less saturated −25%#9EB9CB

Channel breakdown

R139
G188
B222
Red139 (54.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue204.58°
Saturation (HSL)55.7%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BC · B DE

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