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Recognised as Colour

#8DB0EE

  • #8DB0EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8DB0EE is a blue with RGB values 141, 176, 238 and HSL 218°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8DB0EE#8DB0EE
HEX#8DB0EE
RGBrgb(141, 176, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6902, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.3%, 69%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(218.4, 74%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.4, 40.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.8%, 26.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,285,870
CSS custom property--colour: #8DB0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#724F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB4F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FABEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6BBDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECB8D
Analogous#8DE1EE, #9B8DEE
Triadic#EE8DB0, #B0EE8D
Split complementary#EE9B8D, #E1EE8D
Tetradic#EE8DE0, #EECB8D, #8DEE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EEFB
Lighter +10%#B9CFF5
Darker −10%#6191E7
Darker −20%#3472E1
Darker −30%#1D5AC5
Darker −40%#174598
More saturated +25%#7DABFE
Less saturated −25%#9DB5DE

Channel breakdown

R141
G176
B238
Red141 (55.3%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue218.35°
Saturation (HSL)74.05%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G B0 · B EE

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