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Recognised as Colour

#8FABFC

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

#8FABFC is a blue with RGB values 143, 171, 252 and HSL 225°, 95%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8FABFC#8FABFC
HEX#8FABFC
RGBrgb(143, 171, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6706, 0.9882
RGB percentages56.1%, 67.1%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(224.6, 94.8%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.6, 43.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK43.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,415,676
CSS custom property--colour: #8FABFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.4:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#705403

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EB3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#84A9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#68BCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.2Steel blue · ΔE 26.1Light skyblue · ΔE 27.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.5Plum · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCE08F
Analogous#8FE2FC, #A98FFC
Triadic#FC8FAB, #ABFC8F
Split complementary#FCA98F, #E2FC8F
Tetradic#FC8FE2, #FCE08F, #8FFCA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F6FF
Lighter +10%#C1D0FD
Darker −10%#5D86FB
Darker −20%#2C60F9
Darker −30%#0641EC
Darker −40%#0533BA
More saturated +25%#8CAAFF
Less saturated −25%#9DB2EE

Channel breakdown

R143
G171
B252
Red143 (56.1%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue224.59°
Saturation (HSL)94.78%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AB · B FC

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