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Recognised as Colour

#8D9BEF

  • #8D9BEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8D9BEF is a blue with RGB values 141, 155, 239 and HSL 231°, 75%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8D9BEF#8D9BEF
HEX#8D9BEF
RGBrgb(141, 155, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6078, 0.9373
RGB percentages55.3%, 60.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(231.4, 75.4%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.4, 41%, 93.7%)
CMYK41%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,280,495
CSS custom property--colour: #8D9BEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#726410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EA5F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#779DEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6EACBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.5Medium purple · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Plum · ΔE 28.5Royal blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE18D
Analogous#8DCCEF, #B08DEF
Triadic#EF8D9B, #9BEF8D
Split complementary#EFB08D, #CCEF8D
Tetradic#EF8DCC, #EFE18D, #8DEFB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E9FC
Lighter +10%#BAC2F5
Darker −10%#6074E9
Darker −20%#344DE2
Darker −30%#1C34C7
Darker −40%#16299A
More saturated +25%#7D90FF
Less saturated −25%#9DA7DF

Channel breakdown

R141
G155
B239
Red141 (55.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue231.43°
Saturation (HSL)75.38%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 9B · B EF

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