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Recognised as Colour

#8CAED0

  • #8CAED0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8CAED0 is a blue with RGB values 140, 174, 208 and HSL 210°, 42%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8CAED0#8CAED0
HEX#8CAED0
RGBrgb(140, 174, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6824, 0.8157
RGB percentages54.9%, 68.2%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(210, 42%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 32.7%, 81.6%)
CMYK32.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,219,792
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.08:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#73512F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1AED2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A7CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#77B6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 18.5Slate grey · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0AE8C
Analogous#8CD0D0, #8C8CD0
Triadic#D08CAE, #AED08C
Split complementary#D08C8C, #D0D08C
Tetradic#D08CD0, #D0AE8C, #8CD08C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFC
Lighter +20%#D4E1EE
Lighter +10%#B0C8DF
Darker −10%#6895C1
Darker −20%#477BAF
Darker −30%#39628A
Darker −40%#2A4866
More saturated +25%#78AEE4
Less saturated −25%#A0AEBC

Channel breakdown

R140
G174
B208
Red140 (54.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)41.98%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AE · B D0

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