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Recognised as Colour

#8FBAE2

  • #8FBAE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8FBAE2 is a blue with RGB values 143, 186, 226 and HSL 209°, 59%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8FBAE2#8FBAE2
HEX#8FBAE2
RGBrgb(143, 186, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7294, 0.8863
RGB percentages56.1%, 72.9%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(208.9, 58.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 36.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK36.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,419,490
CSS custom property--colour: #8FBAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#70451D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABAE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B2E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#73C3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 17.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2B78F
Analogous#8FE2E0, #8F91E2
Triadic#E28FBA, #BAE28F
Split complementary#E28F90, #E2E18F
Tetradic#E08FE2, #E2B78F, #90E28F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0ECF7
Lighter +10%#B8D3EC
Darker −10%#66A1D8
Darker −20%#3E88CD
Darker −30%#2C6EAC
Darker −40%#225483
More saturated +25%#7DBBF4
Less saturated −25%#A1B9D0

Channel breakdown

R143
G186
B226
Red143 (56.1%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue208.92°
Saturation (HSL)58.87%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G BA · B E2

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