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Colour

#8DA9ED

  • #8DA9ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8DA9ED is a blue with RGB values 141, 169, 237 and HSL 223°, 73%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8DA9ED#8DA9ED
HEX#8DA9ED
RGBrgb(141, 169, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6627, 0.9294
RGB percentages55.3%, 66.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(222.5, 72.7%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 40.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK40.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,284,077
CSS custom property--colour: #8DA9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#725612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91AFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A6EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6DB7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4Light steelblue · ΔE 25.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD18D
Analogous#8DD9ED, #A18DED
Triadic#ED8DA9, #A9ED8D
Split complementary#EDA18D, #D9ED8D
Tetradic#ED8DD9, #EDD18D, #8DEDA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EBFB
Lighter +10%#B9CAF4
Darker −10%#6188E6
Darker −20%#3567DF
Darker −30%#1F4EC2
Darker −40%#183D96
More saturated +25%#7DA2FE
Less saturated −25%#9EB0DD

Channel breakdown

R141
G169
B237
Red141 (55.3%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue222.5°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G A9 · B ED

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