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Recognised as Colour

#82B8DA

  • #82B8DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#82B8DA is a blue with RGB values 130, 184, 218 and HSL 203°, 54%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#82B8DA#82B8DA
HEX#82B8DA
RGBrgb(130, 184, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.7216, 0.8549
RGB percentages51%, 72.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(203.2, 54.3%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.2, 40.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK40.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,567,002
CSS custom property--colour: #82B8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#7D4725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CADD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#60C1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAA482
Analogous#82DAD0, #828CDA
Triadic#DA82B8, #B8DA82
Split complementary#DA828C, #DAD082
Tetradic#D082DA, #DAA482, #8CDA82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FBFD
Lighter +20%#D1E5F1
Lighter +10%#A9CEE6
Darker −10%#5BA2CE
Darker −20%#388ABE
Darker −30%#2D6E96
Darker −40%#21516F
More saturated +25%#6EBDEE
Less saturated −25%#96B3C6

Channel breakdown

R130
G184
B218
Red130 (51%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue203.18°
Saturation (HSL)54.32%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G B8 · B DA

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