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Recognised as Colour

#8EAFEE

  • #8EAFEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8EAFEE is a blue with RGB values 142, 175, 238 and HSL 219°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8EAFEE#8EAFEE
HEX#8EAFEE
RGBrgb(142, 175, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6863, 0.9333
RGB percentages55.7%, 68.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(219.4, 73.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.4, 40.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK40.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,351,150
CSS custom property--colour: #8EAFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#715011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FAAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6DBCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECD8E
Analogous#8EDFEE, #9D8EEE
Triadic#EE8EAF, #AFEE8E
Split complementary#EE9D8E, #DFEE8E
Tetradic#EE8EDF, #EECD8E, #8EEE9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7EEFB
Lighter +10%#BACEF5
Darker −10%#6290E7
Darker −20%#3570E1
Darker −30%#1E57C5
Darker −40%#174499
More saturated +25%#7EAAFE
Less saturated −25%#9EB4DE

Channel breakdown

R142
G175
B238
Red142 (55.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue219.38°
Saturation (HSL)73.85%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G AF · B EE

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