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Recognised as Colour

#8EA9E0

  • #8EA9E0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8EA9E0 is a blue with RGB values 142, 169, 224 and HSL 220°, 57%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8EA9E0#8EA9E0
HEX#8EA9E0
RGBrgb(142, 169, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6627, 0.8784
RGB percentages55.7%, 66.3%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(220.2, 56.9%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.2, 36.6%, 87.8%)
CMYK36.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,349,600
CSS custom property--colour: #8EA9E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#71561F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96ADE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA5DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#74B4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.4Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0C58E
Analogous#8ED2E0, #9C8EE0
Triadic#E08EA9, #A9E08E
Split complementary#E09C8E, #D2E08E
Tetradic#E08ED2, #E0C58E, #8EE09C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE6F6
Lighter +10%#B6C7EB
Darker −10%#668BD5
Darker −20%#3E6CCA
Darker −30%#2E56A7
Darker −40%#23417F
More saturated +25%#7CA3F2
Less saturated −25%#A0AFCE

Channel breakdown

R142
G169
B224
Red142 (55.7%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue220.24°
Saturation (HSL)56.94%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G A9 · B E0

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