Colour

#8EAAEA

#8EAAEA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8EAAEA is a blue with RGB values 142, 170, 234 and HSL 222°, 69%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8EAAEA#8EAAEA

HEX#8EAAEA

RGBrgb(142, 170, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6667, 0.9176

RGB percentages55.7%, 66.7%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(221.7, 68.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 39.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK39.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,349,866

CSS custom property--colour: #8EAAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#715515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94AFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8BA7E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#70B7C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5 Steel blue · ΔE 20.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 23 Deep skyblue · ΔE 25 Sky blue · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EACE8E

Analogous#8ED8EA, #A08EEA

Triadic#EA8EAA, #AAEA8E

Split complementary#EAA08E, #D8EA8E

Tetradic#EA8ED8, #EACE8E, #8EEAA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4EBFA

Lighter +10%#B9CAF2

Darker −10%#638AE2

Darker −20%#3869DA

Darker −30%#2352BC

Darker −40%#1B3F91

More saturated +25%#7DA3FB

Less saturated −25%#9FB1D9

Channel breakdown

R142

G170

B234

Red142 (55.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue221.74°

Saturation (HSL)68.66%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G AA · B EA

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