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Recognised as Colour

#8BBFE2

  • #8BBFE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BBFE2 is a blue with RGB values 139, 191, 226 and HSL 204°, 60%, 72%. 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

#8BBFE2#8BBFE2
HEX#8BBFE2
RGBrgb(139, 191, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.749, 0.8863
RGB percentages54.5%, 74.9%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(204.1, 60%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.1, 38.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK38.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,158,626
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBFE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#74401D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BEE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B4E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6BC8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.8Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 14.6Powder blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2AE8B
Analogous#8BE2DA, #8B93E2
Triadic#E28BBF, #BFE28B
Split complementary#E28B93, #E2DA8B
Tetradic#DA8BE2, #E2AE8B, #93E28B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDECF6
Lighter +10%#B4D6EC
Darker −10%#62A8D8
Darker −20%#3992CE
Darker −30%#2A76AA
Darker −40%#205A81
More saturated +25%#79C3F4
Less saturated −25%#9DBBD0

Channel breakdown

R139
G191
B226
Red139 (54.5%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue204.14°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BF · B E2

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