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Recognised as Colour

#8EBFF1

  • #8EBFF1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8EBFF1 is a blue with RGB values 142, 191, 241 and HSL 210°, 78%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8EBFF1#8EBFF1
HEX#8EBFF1
RGBrgb(142, 191, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.749, 0.9451
RGB percentages55.7%, 74.9%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(210.3, 78%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.3, 41.1%, 94.5%)
CMYK41.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,355,249
CSS custom property--colour: #8EBFF1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#71400E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABC0F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB6F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#69CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1C08E
Analogous#8EF1F1, #8E8EF1
Triadic#F18EBF, #BFF18E
Split complementary#F18F8E, #F1F18E
Tetradic#F18EF1, #F1C08E, #8EF18F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F2FC
Lighter +10%#BBD9F7
Darker −10%#61A5EB
Darker −20%#338CE6
Darker −30%#1972CD
Darker −40%#14599F
More saturated +25%#80BFFF
Less saturated −25%#9EBFE1

Channel breakdown

R142
G191
B241
Red142 (55.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue210.3°
Saturation (HSL)77.95%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G BF · B F1

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