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Recognised as Colour

#8CA6FF

  • #8CA6FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8CA6FF is a blue with RGB values 140, 166, 255 and HSL 226°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8CA6FF#8CA6FF
HEX#8CA6FF
RGBrgb(140, 166, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.651, 1
RGB percentages54.9%, 65.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(226.4, 100%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 45.1%, 100%)
CMYK45.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,217,791
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#735900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7BA5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#62B8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.6Medium purple · ΔE 27.4Steel blue · ΔE 28.8Royal blue · ΔE 31Plum · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE58C
Analogous#8CE0FF, #AB8CFF
Triadic#FF8CA6, #A6FF8C
Split complementary#FFAB8C, #E0FF8C
Tetradic#FF8CE0, #FFE58C, #8CFFAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F5FF
Lighter +10%#BFCDFF
Darker −10%#597FFF
Darker −20%#2657FF
Darker −30%#0037F2
Darker −40%#002BBF
More saturated +25%#8CA6FF
Less saturated −25%#9AAEF1

Channel breakdown

R140
G166
B255
Red140 (54.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue226.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G A6 · B FF

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