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Recognised as Colour

#8EAFFE

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

#8EAFFE is a blue with RGB values 142, 175, 254 and HSL 222°, 98%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8EAFFE#8EAFFE
HEX#8EAFFE
RGBrgb(142, 175, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6863, 0.9961
RGB percentages55.7%, 68.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(222.3, 98.2%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 44.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK44.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,351,166
CSS custom property--colour: #8EAFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#715001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ACFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#65C0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.2Light skyblue · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDD8E
Analogous#8EE7FE, #A58EFE
Triadic#FE8EAF, #AFFE8E
Split complementary#FEA58E, #E7FE8E
Tetradic#FE8EE7, #FEDD8E, #8EFEA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FF
Lighter +10%#C1D3FE
Darker −10%#5B8BFE
Darker −20%#2967FD
Darker −30%#0248F1
Darker −40%#0239BE
More saturated +25%#8DAFFF
Less saturated −25%#9CB5F0

Channel breakdown

R142
G175
B254
Red142 (55.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue222.32°
Saturation (HSL)98.25%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G AF · B FE

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