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Recognised as Colour

#8FAAD8

  • #8FAAD8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8FAAD8 is a blue with RGB values 143, 170, 216 and HSL 218°, 48%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8FAAD8#8FAAD8
HEX#8FAAD8
RGBrgb(143, 170, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6667, 0.8471
RGB percentages56.1%, 66.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(217.8, 48.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.8, 33.8%, 84.7%)
CMYK33.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,415,384
CSS custom property--colour: #8FAAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#705527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AADDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A6D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#79B4B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Slate grey · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8BD8F
Analogous#8FCED8, #998FD8
Triadic#D88FAA, #AAD88F
Split complementary#D8998F, #CED88F
Tetradic#D88FCE, #D8BD8F, #8FD899

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE3F2
Lighter +10%#B5C7E5
Darker −10%#698DCB
Darker −20%#4371BE
Darker −30%#355A99
Darker −40%#284473
More saturated +25%#7CA5EB
Less saturated −25%#A2AFC5

Channel breakdown

R143
G170
B216
Red143 (56.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue217.81°
Saturation (HSL)48.34%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AA · B D8

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