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Recognised as Colour

#8CAEEA

  • #8CAEEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8CAEEA is a blue with RGB values 140, 174, 234 and HSL 218°, 69%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8CAEEA#8CAEEA
HEX#8CAEEA
RGBrgb(140, 174, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6824, 0.9176
RGB percentages54.9%, 68.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(218.3, 69.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 40.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK40.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,219,818
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#735115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6CBBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC88C
Analogous#8CDDEA, #998CEA
Triadic#EA8CAE, #AEEA8C
Split complementary#EA998C, #DDEA8C
Tetradic#EA8CDD, #EAC88C, #8CEA99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EBFA
Lighter +10%#B7CCF2
Darker −10%#6190E2
Darker −20%#3671DA
Darker −30%#2259BB
Darker −40%#1A4590
More saturated +25%#7BA9FB
Less saturated −25%#9DB3D9

Channel breakdown

R140
G174
B234
Red140 (54.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue218.3°
Saturation (HSL)69.12%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AE · B EA

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