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Recognised as Colour

#8BBFE7

  • #8BBFE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BBFE7 is a blue with RGB values 139, 191, 231 and HSL 206°, 66%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BBFE7#8BBFE7
HEX#8BBFE7
RGBrgb(139, 191, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.749, 0.9059
RGB percentages54.5%, 74.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(206.1, 65.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.1, 39.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,158,631
CSS custom property--colour: #8BBFE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#744018

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBFE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B5E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#69C9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 16.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7B38B
Analogous#8BE7E1, #8B91E7
Triadic#E78BBF, #BFE78B
Split complementary#E78B91, #E7E18B
Tetradic#E18BE7, #E7B38B, #91E78B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EEF8
Lighter +10%#B5D6F0
Darker −10%#61A8DE
Darker −20%#3690D6
Darker −30%#2576B4
Darker −40%#1C5A8A
More saturated +25%#7AC1F9
Less saturated −25%#9DBDD6

Channel breakdown

R139
G191
B231
Red139 (54.5%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue206.09°
Saturation (HSL)65.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G BF · B E7

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