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Recognised as Colour

#8CAFFB

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

#8CAFFB is a blue with RGB values 140, 175, 251 and HSL 221°, 93%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8CAFFB#8CAFFB
HEX#8CAFFB
RGBrgb(140, 175, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6863, 0.9843
RGB percentages54.9%, 68.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(221.1, 93.3%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 44.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK44.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,220,091
CSS custom property--colour: #8CAFFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#735004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B5FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#88ABF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#63BFCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.3Light steelblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD88C
Analogous#8CE7FB, #A08CFB
Triadic#FB8CAF, #AFFB8C
Split complementary#FBA18C, #E6FB8C
Tetradic#FB8CE7, #FBD88C, #8CFBA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF4FE
Lighter +10%#BDD1FD
Darker −10%#5B8DF9
Darker −20%#296AF8
Darker −30%#084EE6
Darker −40%#063DB5
More saturated +25%#88AEFF
Less saturated −25%#9BB4EC

Channel breakdown

R140
G175
B251
Red140 (54.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue221.08°
Saturation (HSL)93.28%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G AF · B FB

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