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Recognised as Colour

#8DC8EA

  • #8DC8EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#8DC8EA is a blue with RGB values 141, 200, 234 and HSL 202°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#8DC8EA#8DC8EA
HEX#8DC8EA
RGBrgb(141, 200, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.7843, 0.9176
RGB percentages55.3%, 78.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(201.9, 68.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.9, 39.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,292,010
CSS custom property--colour: #8DC8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#723715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABBCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6AD1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.8Light skyblue · ΔE 6Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.84, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAAF8D
Analogous#8DEADE, #8D99EA
Triadic#EA8DC8, #C8EA8D
Split complementary#EA8D99, #EADE8D
Tetradic#DE8DEA, #EAAF8D, #9AEA8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F2FA
Lighter +10%#B8DDF2
Darker −10%#62B3E2
Darker −20%#379EDA
Darker −30%#2384BB
Darker −40%#1B6590
More saturated +25%#7CCDFB
Less saturated −25%#9EC3D9

Channel breakdown

R141
G200
B234
Red141 (55.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue201.94°
Saturation (HSL)68.89%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G C8 · B EA

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