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Recognised as Colour

#8EB7E9

  • #8EB7E9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8EB7E9 is a blue with RGB values 142, 183, 233 and HSL 213°, 67%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8EB7E9#8EB7E9
HEX#8EB7E9
RGBrgb(142, 183, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.7176, 0.9137
RGB percentages55.7%, 71.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(213, 67.4%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 39.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK39.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,353,193
CSS custom property--colour: #8EB7E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#714816

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB0E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#6FC2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Light blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C08E
Analogous#8EE4E9, #938EE9
Triadic#E98EB7, #B7E98E
Split complementary#E9938E, #E4E98E
Tetradic#E98EE4, #E9C08E, #8EE993

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EDFA
Lighter +10%#B9D2F1
Darker −10%#639CE1
Darker −20%#3981D8
Darker −30%#2468BA
Darker −40%#1C508F
More saturated +25%#7DB5FA
Less saturated −25%#9FB9D8

Channel breakdown

R142
G183
B233
Red142 (55.7%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue212.97°
Saturation (HSL)67.41%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G B7 · B E9

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