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Colour

#8CAAFD

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

#8CAAFD is a blue with RGB values 140, 170, 253 and HSL 224°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8CAAFD#8CAAFD
HEX#8CAAFD
RGBrgb(140, 170, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6667, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.9%, 66.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(224.1, 96.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 44.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK44.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,218,813
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#735502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#81A8FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#62BBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Light skyblue · ΔE 28.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.7Medium purple · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDF8C
Analogous#8CE2FD, #A78CFD
Triadic#FD8CAA, #AAFD8C
Split complementary#FDA78C, #E3FD8C
Tetradic#FD8CE3, #FDDF8C, #8CFDA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F4FF
Lighter +10%#BECFFE
Darker −10%#5A85FC
Darker −20%#2860FB
Darker −30%#0442EC
Darker −40%#0334BA
More saturated +25%#8AA9FF
Less saturated −25%#9BB1EE

Channel breakdown

R140
G170
B253
Red140 (54.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue224.07°
Saturation (HSL)96.58%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AA · B FD

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