Recognised as Colour

#82B8BF

#82B8BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#82B8BF is a cyan with RGB values 130, 184, 191 and HSL 187°, 32%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

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HEX#82B8BF

RGBrgb(130, 184, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.7216, 0.749

RGB percentages51%, 72.2%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(186.9, 32.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 31.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK31.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,566,975

CSS custom property--colour: #82B8BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#7D4740

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0B4C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5ABBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6CBCBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1 Light blue · ΔE 13.5 Sky blue · ΔE 14.4 Powder blue · ΔE 14.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3 Dark grey · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BF8982

Analogous#82BFA8, #829ABF

Triadic#BF82B8, #B8BF82

Split complementary#BF829A, #BFA882

Tetradic#A782BF, #BF8982, #9ABF82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7F1F3

Lighter +20%#C5DEE2

Lighter +10%#A4CBD0

Darker −10%#60A5AE

Darker −20%#4A8991

Darker −30%#39696F

Darker −40%#28494D

More saturated +25%#6ACAD7

Less saturated −25%#9AA6A7

Channel breakdown

R130

G184

B191

Red130 (51%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue186.89°

Saturation (HSL)32.28%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 82 · G B8 · B BF

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