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Recognised as Colour

#8CAAFA

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

#8CAAFA is a blue with RGB values 140, 170, 250 and HSL 224°, 92%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8CAAFA#8CAAFA
HEX#8CAAFA
RGBrgb(140, 170, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6667, 0.9804
RGB percentages54.9%, 66.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(223.6, 91.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 44%, 98%)
CMYK44%, 32%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,218,810
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#735505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A8F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#64BBC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Light skyblue · ΔE 27.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.8Plum · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADC8C
Analogous#8CE1FA, #A58CFA
Triadic#FA8CAA, #AAFA8C
Split complementary#FAA58C, #E1FA8C
Tetradic#FA8CE1, #FADC8C, #8CFAA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF2FE
Lighter +10%#BDCEFC
Darker −10%#5B86F8
Darker −20%#2A62F6
Darker −30%#0A45E3
Darker −40%#0836B2
More saturated +25%#87A8FF
Less saturated −25%#9BB1EB

Channel breakdown

R140
G170
B250
Red140 (54.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)91.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AA · B FA

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