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Colour

#8CBEEE

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

#8CBEEE is a blue with RGB values 140, 190, 238 and HSL 209°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8CBEEE#8CBEEE
HEX#8CBEEE
RGBrgb(140, 190, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.7451, 0.9333
RGB percentages54.9%, 74.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(209.4, 74.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.4, 41.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK41.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,223,918
CSS custom property--colour: #8CBEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.72:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#734111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#67C9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBC8C
Analogous#8CEEED, #8C8DEE
Triadic#EE8CBE, #BEEE8C
Split complementary#EE8C8D, #EEED8C
Tetradic#ED8CEE, #EEBC8C, #8DEE8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F0FB
Lighter +10%#B8D7F5
Darker −10%#60A5E7
Darker −20%#338CE1
Darker −30%#1D72C4
Darker −40%#165898
More saturated +25%#7CBEFF
Less saturated −25%#9DBEDE

Channel breakdown

R140
G190
B238
Red140 (54.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue209.39°
Saturation (HSL)74.24%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G BE · B EE

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