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Colour

#8FBEEE

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

#8FBEEE is a blue with RGB values 143, 190, 238 and HSL 210°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8FBEEE#8FBEEE
HEX#8FBEEE
RGBrgb(143, 190, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.7451, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.1%, 74.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(210.3, 73.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.3, 39.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,420,526
CSS custom property--colour: #8FBEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.77:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#704111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6DC9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBF8F
Analogous#8FEEEE, #8F8FEE
Triadic#EE8FBE, #BEEE8F
Split complementary#EE8F8F, #EEEE8F
Tetradic#EE8FEE, #EEBF8F, #8FEE8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F1FB
Lighter +10%#BBD8F5
Darker −10%#63A4E7
Darker −20%#368BE1
Darker −30%#1E71C6
Darker −40%#17589A
More saturated +25%#7FBEFE
Less saturated −25%#9FBEDE

Channel breakdown

R143
G190
B238
Red143 (56.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue210.32°
Saturation (HSL)73.64%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G BE · B EE

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