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Recognised as Colour

#8FABFE

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

#8FABFE is a blue with RGB values 143, 171, 254 and HSL 225°, 98%, 78%. 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

#8FABFE#8FABFE
HEX#8FABFE
RGBrgb(143, 171, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6706, 0.9961
RGB percentages56.1%, 67.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(224.9, 98.2%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 43.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK43.7%, 32.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,415,678
CSS custom property--colour: #8FABFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#705401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#67BCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 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 text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Steel blue · ΔE 26.9Light skyblue · ΔE 28.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.1Medium purple · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE28F
Analogous#8FE2FE, #AB8FFE
Triadic#FE8FAB, #ABFE8F
Split complementary#FEAB8F, #E2FE8F
Tetradic#FE8FE2, #FEE28F, #8FFEAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F7FF
Lighter +10%#C2D1FE
Darker −10%#5C85FE
Darker −20%#2A5FFD
Darker −30%#023FF2
Darker −40%#0232BF
More saturated +25%#8EABFF
Less saturated −25%#9DB2F0

Channel breakdown

R143
G171
B254
Red143 (56.1%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue224.86°
Saturation (HSL)98.23%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AB · B FE

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