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Recognised as Colour

#8FAAE8

  • #8FAAE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8FAAE8 is a blue with RGB values 143, 170, 232 and HSL 222°, 66%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8FAAE8#8FAAE8
HEX#8FAAE8
RGBrgb(143, 170, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6667, 0.9098
RGB percentages56.1%, 66.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(221.8, 65.9%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.8, 38.4%, 91%)
CMYK38.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,415,400
CSS custom property--colour: #8FAAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.08:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#705517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95AFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#72B7C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.1Sky blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8CD8F
Analogous#8FD6E8, #A18FE8
Triadic#E88FAA, #AAE88F
Split complementary#E8A18F, #D7E88F
Tetradic#E88FD6, #E8CD8F, #8FE8A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EAF9
Lighter +10%#B9CAF1
Darker −10%#658ADF
Darker −20%#3A6AD7
Darker −30%#2652B8
Darker −40%#1D3F8E
More saturated +25%#7EA3F9
Less saturated −25%#A0B1D7

Channel breakdown

R143
G170
B232
Red143 (56.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue221.8°
Saturation (HSL)65.93%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AA · B E8

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