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Recognised as Colour

#8FBAE4

  • #8FBAE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#8FBAE4 is a blue with RGB values 143, 186, 228 and HSL 210°, 61%, 73%. 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

#8FBAE4#8FBAE4
HEX#8FBAE4
RGBrgb(143, 186, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7294, 0.8941
RGB percentages56.1%, 72.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(209.6, 61.2%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.6, 37.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK37.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,419,492
CSS custom property--colour: #8FBAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#70451B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABBE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB2E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#72C4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 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 text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4B98F
Analogous#8FE4E3, #8F90E4
Triadic#E48FBA, #BAE48F
Split complementary#E48F90, #E4E38F
Tetradic#E48FE4, #E4B98F, #90E48F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EDF8
Lighter +10%#B8D3EE
Darker −10%#66A1DA
Darker −20%#3D87D0
Darker −30%#2A6EB0
Darker −40%#205487
More saturated +25%#7EBAF5
Less saturated −25%#A0BAD3

Channel breakdown

R143
G186
B228
Red143 (56.1%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue209.65°
Saturation (HSL)61.15%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G BA · B E4

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