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Recognised as Colour

#8C97EA

  • #8C97EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8C97EA is a blue with RGB values 140, 151, 234 and HSL 233°, 69%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8C97EA#8C97EA
HEX#8C97EA
RGBrgb(140, 151, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5922, 0.9176
RGB percentages54.9%, 59.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(233, 69.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233, 40.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK40.2%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,213,930
CSS custom property--colour: #8C97EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#736815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7499E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6FA7B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 23.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Plum · ΔE 28Royal blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADF8C
Analogous#8CC6EA, #B08CEA
Triadic#EA8C97, #97EA8C
Split complementary#EAB08C, #C6EA8C
Tetradic#EA8CC6, #EADF8C, #8CEAB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E5FA
Lighter +10%#B7BEF2
Darker −10%#6170E2
Darker −20%#3649DA
Darker −30%#2234BB
Darker −40%#1A2890
More saturated +25%#7B8AFB
Less saturated −25%#9DA4D9

Channel breakdown

R140
G151
B234
Red140 (54.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue232.98°
Saturation (HSL)69.12%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 97 · B EA

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