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Recognised as Colour

#8FADEE

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

#8FADEE is a blue with RGB values 143, 173, 238 and HSL 221°, 74%, 75%. 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

#8FADEE#8FADEE
HEX#8FADEE
RGBrgb(143, 173, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6784, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.1%, 67.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(221.1, 73.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 39.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.9%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,416,174
CSS custom property--colour: #8FADEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#705211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6FBAC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 23Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.5Sky blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED08F
Analogous#8FDCEE, #A18FEE
Triadic#EE8FAD, #ADEE8F
Split complementary#EEA18F, #DCEE8F
Tetradic#EE8FDC, #EED08F, #8FEEA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EEFB
Lighter +10%#BBCDF5
Darker −10%#638DE7
Darker −20%#366CE1
Darker −30%#1E53C6
Darker −40%#17409A
More saturated +25%#7FA7FE
Less saturated −25%#9FB3DE

Channel breakdown

R143
G173
B238
Red143 (56.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue221.05°
Saturation (HSL)73.64%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AD · B EE

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