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Recognised as Colour

#0086AE

  • #0086AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0086AE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 134, 174 and HSL 194°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0086AE#0086AE
HEX#0086AE
RGBrgb(0, 134, 174)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5255, 0.6824
RGB percentages0%, 52.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(193.8, 100%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 100%, 68.2%)
CMYK100%, 23%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer34,478
CSS custom property--colour: #0086AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF7951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7184B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D76ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4Slate grey · ΔE 23.5Cadetblue · ΔE 24.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.4Teal · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE2800
Analogous#00AE7F, #002FAE
Triadic#AE0086, #86AE00
Split complementary#AE002F, #AE7F00
Tetradic#7F00AE, #AE2800, #2FAE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BE1FF
Lighter +30%#48D5FF
Lighter +20%#15C9FF
Lighter +10%#00ADE1
Darker −10%#005F7B
Darker −20%#003748
Darker −30%#001015
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0086AE
Less saturated −25%#167A98

Channel breakdown

R0
G134
B174
Red0 (0%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue193.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 86 · B AE

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