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Recognised as Colour

#8FAFFD

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

#8FAFFD is a blue with RGB values 143, 175, 253 and HSL 223°, 96%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8FAFFD#8FAFFD
HEX#8FAFFD
RGBrgb(143, 175, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.6863, 0.9922
RGB percentages56.1%, 68.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.5, 96.5%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 43.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK43.5%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,416,701
CSS custom property--colour: #8FAFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#705002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#88ACFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#67BFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.7Light skyblue · ΔE 25.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDD8F
Analogous#8FE6FD, #A68FFD
Triadic#FD8FAF, #AFFD8F
Split complementary#FDA68F, #E6FD8F
Tetradic#FD8FE6, #FDDD8F, #8FFDA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FF
Lighter +10%#C1D3FE
Darker −10%#5D8BFC
Darker −20%#2B67FB
Darker −30%#0448EF
Darker −40%#0339BD
More saturated +25%#8DAEFF
Less saturated −25%#9DB5EF

Channel breakdown

R143
G175
B253
Red143 (56.1%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.55°
Saturation (HSL)96.49%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G AF · B FD

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