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Recognised as Colour

#8FBCEC

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

#8FBCEC is a blue with RGB values 143, 188, 236 and HSL 211°, 71%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8FBCEC#8FBCEC
HEX#8FBCEC
RGBrgb(143, 188, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7373, 0.9255
RGB percentages56.1%, 73.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(211, 71%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211, 39.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,420,012
CSS custom property--colour: #8FBCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#704313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6EC7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.3Light blue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECBF8F
Analogous#8FEAEC, #918FEC
Triadic#EC8FBC, #BCEC8F
Split complementary#EC918F, #EAEC8F
Tetradic#EC8FEA, #ECBF8F, #8FEC91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F0FB
Lighter +10%#BBD6F3
Darker −10%#63A2E5
Darker −20%#3888DD
Darker −30%#216EC1
Darker −40%#195596
More saturated +25%#7FBBFC
Less saturated −25%#9FBDDC

Channel breakdown

R143
G188
B236
Red143 (56.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue210.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.99%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G BC · B EC

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