Recognised as Colour

#8FD7FD

#8FD7FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#8FD7FD is a blue with RGB values 143, 215, 253 and HSL 201°, 96%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#8FD7FD#8FD7FD

HEX#8FD7FD

RGBrgb(143, 215, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.8431, 0.9922

RGB percentages56.1%, 84.3%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(200.7, 96.5%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.7, 43.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK43.5%, 15%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,426,941

CSS custom property--colour: #8FD7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#702802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5C8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#60E1E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6 Sky blue · ΔE 5.9 Light blue · ΔE 14.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1 Powder blue · ΔE 17.9 Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.6, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDB58F

Analogous#8FFDEC, #8FA0FD

Triadic#FD8FD7, #D7FD8F

Split complementary#FD8FA0, #FDEC8F

Tetradic#EC8FFD, #FDB58F, #A0FD8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3FBFF

Lighter +10%#C1E9FE

Darker −10%#5DC5FC

Darker −20%#2BB3FB

Darker −30%#049EEF

Darker −40%#037DBD

More saturated +25%#8DD8FF

Less saturated −25%#9DD3EF

Channel breakdown

R143

G215

B253

Red143 (56.1%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue200.73°

Saturation (HSL)96.49%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8F · G D7 · B FD

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