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Recognised as Colour

#8DAFFE

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

#8DAFFE is a blue with RGB values 141, 175, 254 and HSL 222°, 98%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8DAFFE#8DAFFE
HEX#8DAFFE
RGBrgb(141, 175, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6863, 0.9961
RGB percentages55.3%, 68.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.9, 98.3%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 44.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK44.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,285,630
CSS custom property--colour: #8DAFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#725001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ACFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#63C0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 25.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.3Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDC8D
Analogous#8DE8FE, #A48DFE
Triadic#FE8DAF, #AFFE8D
Split complementary#FEA38D, #E8FE8D
Tetradic#FE8DE8, #FEDC8D, #8DFEA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F6FF
Lighter +10%#C0D2FE
Darker −10%#5A8CFE
Darker −20%#2868FD
Darker −30%#024AF0
Darker −40%#023ABD
More saturated +25%#8CAFFF
Less saturated −25%#9BB5F0

Channel breakdown

R141
G175
B254
Red141 (55.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.95°
Saturation (HSL)98.26%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G AF · B FE

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