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Recognised as Colour

#82A6ED

  • #82A6ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#82A6ED is a blue with RGB values 130, 166, 237 and HSL 220°, 75%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#82A6ED#82A6ED
HEX#82A6ED
RGBrgb(130, 166, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.651, 0.9294
RGB percentages51%, 65.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(219.8, 74.8%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.8, 45.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK45.1%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,562,413
CSS custom property--colour: #82A6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#7D5912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CABF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#80A2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#59B5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.8Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC982
Analogous#82DBED, #9382ED
Triadic#ED82A6, #A6ED82
Split complementary#ED9482, #DBED82
Tetradic#ED82DB, #EDC982, #82ED93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE5FA
Lighter +10%#AFC6F3
Darker −10%#5586E7
Darker −20%#2967E0
Darker −30%#1B51BB
Darker −40%#153E8E
More saturated +25%#70A0FF
Less saturated −25%#94ACDB

Channel breakdown

R130
G166
B237
Red130 (51%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue219.81°
Saturation (HSL)74.83%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G A6 · B ED

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