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Recognised as Colour

#82AAE7

  • #82AAE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#82AAE7 is a blue with RGB values 130, 170, 231 and HSL 216°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#82AAE7#82AAE7
HEX#82AAE7
RGBrgb(130, 170, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.6667, 0.9059
RGB percentages51%, 66.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(216.2, 67.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.2, 43.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK43.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,563,431
CSS custom property--colour: #82AAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#7D5518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AEEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A4E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#5CB7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7BF82
Analogous#82DDE7, #8C82E7
Triadic#E782AA, #AAE782
Split complementary#E78C82, #DCE782
Tetradic#E782DD, #E7BF82, #82E78C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E4F7
Lighter +10%#ADC7EF
Darker −10%#578DDF
Darker −20%#2C70D7
Darker −30%#2259AE
Darker −40%#194384
More saturated +25%#6FA6FA
Less saturated −25%#95AED4

Channel breakdown

R130
G170
B231
Red130 (51%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue216.24°
Saturation (HSL)67.79%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G AA · B E7

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