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Recognised as Colour

#82B3DB

  • #82B3DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#82B3DB is a blue with RGB values 130, 179, 219 and HSL 207°, 55%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#82B3DB#82B3DB
HEX#82B3DB
RGBrgb(130, 179, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.702, 0.8588
RGB percentages51%, 70.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(207, 55.3%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 40.6%, 85.9%)
CMYK40.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,565,723
CSS custom property--colour: #82B3DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#7D4C24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#61BDC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 19.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAA82
Analogous#82DBD7, #8286DB
Triadic#DB82B3, #B3DB82
Split complementary#DB8286, #DBD782
Tetradic#D782DB, #DBAA82, #87DB82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFD
Lighter +20%#D1E3F2
Lighter +10%#AACBE6
Darker −10%#5A9BD0
Darker −20%#3782C0
Darker −30%#2C6798
Darker −40%#204D71
More saturated +25%#6EB5EF
Less saturated −25%#96B1C7

Channel breakdown

R130
G179
B219
Red130 (51%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue206.97°
Saturation (HSL)55.28%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G B3 · B DB

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