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Recognised as Colour

#82ADE6

  • #82ADE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#82ADE6 is a blue with RGB values 130, 173, 230 and HSL 214°, 67%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#82ADE6#82ADE6
HEX#82ADE6
RGBrgb(130, 173, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.6784, 0.902
RGB percentages51%, 67.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(214.2, 66.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 43.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK43.5%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,564,198
CSS custom property--colour: #82ADE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7D5219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5CBAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6BB82
Analogous#82DFE6, #8982E6
Triadic#E682AD, #ADE682
Split complementary#E68982, #DFE682
Tetradic#E682DF, #E6BB82, #82E689

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7E5F7
Lighter +10%#ACC9EE
Darker −10%#5891DD
Darker −20%#2D75D5
Darker −30%#235EAC
Darker −40%#1A4782
More saturated +25%#6FAAF9
Less saturated −25%#95B0D3

Channel breakdown

R130
G173
B230
Red130 (51%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue214.2°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G AD · B E6

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