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Recognised as Colour

#82AEE6

  • #82AEE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#82AEE6 is a blue with RGB values 130, 174, 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

#82AEE6#82AEE6
HEX#82AEE6
RGBrgb(130, 174, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.6824, 0.902
RGB percentages51%, 68.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(213.6, 66.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 43.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK43.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,564,454
CSS custom property--colour: #82AEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#7D5119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA7E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5CBAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.1Sky blue · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6BA82
Analogous#82E0E6, #8882E6
Triadic#E682AE, #AEE682
Split complementary#E68882, #E0E682
Tetradic#E682E0, #E6BA82, #82E688

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7E5F7
Lighter +10%#ACCAEE
Darker −10%#5892DD
Darker −20%#2D77D5
Darker −30%#235FAC
Darker −40%#1A4882
More saturated +25%#6FACF9
Less saturated −25%#95B0D3

Channel breakdown

R130
G174
B230
Red130 (51%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue213.6°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G AE · B E6

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