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Recognised as Colour

#8FB7CB

  • #8FB7CB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#8FB7CB is a blue with RGB values 143, 183, 203 and HSL 200°, 37%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#8FB7CB#8FB7CB
HEX#8FB7CB
RGBrgb(143, 183, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7176, 0.7961
RGB percentages56.1%, 71.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(200, 36.6%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 29.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK29.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,418,699
CSS custom property--colour: #8FB7CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#704834

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB5CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AECBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7CBDBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBA38F
Analogous#8FCBC1, #8F99CB
Triadic#CB8FB7, #B7CB8F
Split complementary#CB8F99, #CBC18F
Tetradic#C18FCB, #CBA38F, #99CB8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FAFC
Lighter +20%#D5E4EB
Lighter +10%#B2CDDB
Darker −10%#6CA1BB
Darker −20%#4D89A7
Darker −30%#3D6C84
Darker −40%#2D5061
More saturated +25%#7BBEE0
Less saturated −25%#A4B0B7

Channel breakdown

R143
G183
B203
Red143 (56.1%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G B7 · B CB

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