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Recognised as Colour

#8BC4EE

  • #8BC4EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8BC4EE is a blue with RGB values 139, 196, 238 and HSL 205°, 74%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8BC4EE#8BC4EE
HEX#8BC4EE
RGBrgb(139, 196, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.7686, 0.9333
RGB percentages54.5%, 76.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(205.5, 74.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 41.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK41.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,159,918
CSS custom property--colour: #8BC4EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#743B11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#65CED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.2Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB58B
Analogous#8BEEE7, #8B92EE
Triadic#EE8BC4, #C4EE8B
Split complementary#EE8B92, #EEE78B
Tetradic#E78BEE, #EEB58B, #93EE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F1FB
Lighter +10%#B7DBF5
Darker −10%#5FADE7
Darker −20%#3297E1
Darker −30%#1D7DC3
Darker −40%#166097
More saturated +25%#7AC7FF
Less saturated −25%#9CC1DD

Channel breakdown

R139
G196
B238
Red139 (54.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue205.45°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G C4 · B EE

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