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Recognised as Colour

#8EADDE

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

#8EADDE is a blue with RGB values 142, 173, 222 and HSL 217°, 55%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8EADDE#8EADDE
HEX#8EADDE
RGBrgb(142, 173, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6784, 0.8706
RGB percentages55.7%, 67.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(216.8, 54.8%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 36%, 87.1%)
CMYK36%, 22.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,350,622
CSS custom property--colour: #8EADDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#715221

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#75B7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEBF8E
Analogous#8ED5DE, #978EDE
Triadic#DE8EAD, #ADDE8E
Split complementary#DE978E, #D5DE8E
Tetradic#DE8ED5, #DEBF8E, #8EDE97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE6F5
Lighter +10%#B5CAEA
Darker −10%#6790D2
Darker −20%#3F74C7
Darker −30%#305CA3
Darker −40%#24467C
More saturated +25%#7CA9F0
Less saturated −25%#A0B1CC

Channel breakdown

R142
G173
B222
Red142 (55.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue216.75°
Saturation (HSL)54.79%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G AD · B DE

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