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Recognised as Colour

#8DAFEE

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

#8DAFEE is a blue with RGB values 141, 175, 238 and HSL 219°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8DAFEE#8DAFEE
HEX#8DAFEE
RGBrgb(141, 175, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6863, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.3%, 68.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(219, 74%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219, 40.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,285,614
CSS custom property--colour: #8DAFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#725011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EAAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6CBCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECC8D
Analogous#8DE0EE, #9B8DEE
Triadic#EE8DAF, #AFEE8D
Split complementary#EE9B8D, #E0EE8D
Tetradic#EE8DE0, #EECC8D, #8DEE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EDFB
Lighter +10%#B9CEF5
Darker −10%#6190E7
Darker −20%#3471E1
Darker −30%#1D58C5
Darker −40%#174498
More saturated +25%#7DAAFE
Less saturated −25%#9DB4DE

Channel breakdown

R141
G175
B238
Red141 (55.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue218.97°
Saturation (HSL)74.05%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G AF · B EE

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