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Recognised as Colour

#8DBFF5

  • #8DBFF5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8DBFF5 is a blue with RGB values 141, 191, 245 and HSL 211°, 84%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8DBFF5#8DBFF5
HEX#8DBFF5
RGBrgb(141, 191, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.749, 0.9608
RGB percentages55.3%, 74.9%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(211.2, 83.9%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 42.4%, 96.1%)
CMYK42.4%, 22%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,289,717
CSS custom property--colour: #8DBFF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#72400A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAC1F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB6F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#65CBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Light blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5C38D
Analogous#8DF3F5, #8F8DF5
Triadic#F58DBF, #BFF58D
Split complementary#F58F8D, #F3F58D
Tetradic#F58DF3, #F5C38D, #8DF58F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF4FD
Lighter +10%#BCD9F9
Darker −10%#5EA5F1
Darker −20%#2F8AED
Darker −30%#1371D6
Darker −40%#0F58A7
More saturated +25%#83BFFF
Less saturated −25%#9DC0E6

Channel breakdown

R141
G191
B245
Red141 (55.3%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue211.15°
Saturation (HSL)83.87%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G BF · B F5

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