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#8D84FF

Royal Blue · light cool blue

About #8D84FF

With the hex code #8D84FF, this is a light blue with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 55% red, 52% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 45% cyan, 48% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Royal Blue and Amethyst — a ΔE of 16.0 — followed by Amethyst. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F6FF84, a pale yellow shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 6.88:1, a WCAG AA pass.

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Red141
Green132
Blue255

Closest named colours

Royal Blue
#4169E1 · ΔE 16.0
Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 18.5
Azure
#007FFF · ΔE 19.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8D84FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on royal blue #8D84FF.
3.05:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on royal blue #8D84FF.
6.88:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8D84FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8D84FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4F97FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4A90FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#689EB5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8D84FF?

With the hex code #8D84FF, this is a light blue with a vivid character. Its RGB recipe is 55% red, 52% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 45% cyan, 48% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8D84FF?

Use black text. Black on #8D84FF has a contrast ratio of 6.88:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8D84FF?

Its complementary colour is #F6FF84, and analogous partners are #84B9FF and #CB84FF.