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Recognised as Colour

#82B3DF

  • #82B3DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#82B3DF is a blue with RGB values 130, 179, 223 and HSL 208°, 59%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#82B3DF#82B3DF
HEX#82B3DF
RGBrgb(130, 179, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.702, 0.8745
RGB percentages51%, 70.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(208.4, 59.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.4, 41.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK41.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,565,727
CSS custom property--colour: #82B3DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#7D4C20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B3E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AADEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#5FBDC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 21.1
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#DFAE82
Analogous#82DFDD, #8284DF
Triadic#DF82B3, #B3DF82
Split complementary#DF8285, #DFDC82
Tetradic#DC82DF, #DFAE82, #85DF82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFE
Lighter +20%#D3E4F4
Lighter +10%#ABCCE9
Darker −10%#599AD5
Darker −20%#3381C8
Darker −30%#29679F
Darker −40%#1E4D77
More saturated +25%#6EB4F3
Less saturated −25%#96B2CB

Channel breakdown

R130
G179
B223
Red130 (51%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue208.39°
Saturation (HSL)59.24%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G B3 · B DF

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