Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#8FBCEE

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

#8FBCEE is a blue with RGB values 143, 188, 238 and HSL 212°, 74%, 75%. 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

#8FBCEE#8FBCEE
HEX#8FBCEE
RGBrgb(143, 188, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7373, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.1%, 73.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(211.6, 73.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.6, 39.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.9%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,420,014
CSS custom property--colour: #8FBCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#704311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6DC7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1Light blue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC18F
Analogous#8FECEE, #928FEE
Triadic#EE8FBC, #BCEE8F
Split complementary#EE918F, #ECEE8F
Tetradic#EE8FEC, #EEC18F, #8FEE92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F1FB
Lighter +10%#BBD6F5
Darker −10%#63A2E7
Darker −20%#3687E1
Darker −30%#1E6EC6
Darker −40%#17559A
More saturated +25%#7FBBFE
Less saturated −25%#9FBDDE

Channel breakdown

R143
G188
B238
Red143 (56.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue211.58°
Saturation (HSL)73.64%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G BC · B EE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “8fbcee” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.