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Recognised as Colour

#8DB7DC

  • #8DB7DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8DB7DC is a blue with RGB values 141, 183, 220 and HSL 208°, 53%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8DB7DC#8DB7DC
HEX#8DB7DC
RGBrgb(141, 183, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.7176, 0.8627
RGB percentages55.3%, 71.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(208.1, 53%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.1, 35.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK35.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,287,644
CSS custom property--colour: #8DB7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#724823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAFDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#73C0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 17.1Light slate grey · ΔE 20.8Powder blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCB28D
Analogous#8DDCDA, #8D8FDC
Triadic#DC8DB7, #B7DC8D
Split complementary#DC8D8F, #DCDA8D
Tetradic#DA8DDC, #DCB28D, #8FDC8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE8F4
Lighter +10%#B4D0E8
Darker −10%#669ED0
Darker −20%#3F86C4
Darker −30%#316B9F
Darker −40%#255178
More saturated +25%#7AB8EF
Less saturated −25%#A0B6C9

Channel breakdown

R141
G183
B220
Red141 (55.3%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue208.1°
Saturation (HSL)53.02%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G B7 · B DC

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