Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8D99EB

  • #8D99EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8D99EB is a blue with RGB values 141, 153, 235 and HSL 232°, 70%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8D99EB#8D99EB
HEX#8D99EB
RGBrgb(141, 153, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6, 0.9216
RGB percentages55.3%, 60%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(232.3, 70.1%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.3, 40%, 92.2%)
CMYK40%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,279,979
CSS custom property--colour: #8D99EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#726614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#769BE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#70A9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.3Medium purple · ΔE 24.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.9Plum · ΔE 27.8Royal blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDF8D
Analogous#8DC8EB, #B08DEB
Triadic#EB8D99, #99EB8D
Split complementary#EBB08D, #C8EB8D
Tetradic#EB8DC8, #EBDF8D, #8DEBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4E7FA
Lighter +10%#B8C0F3
Darker −10%#6272E3
Darker −20%#364BDC
Darker −30%#2135BE
Darker −40%#1A2992
More saturated +25%#7C8DFC
Less saturated −25%#9EA5DA

Channel breakdown

R141
G153
B235
Red141 (55.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue232.34°
Saturation (HSL)70.15%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 99 · B EB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8d99eb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.