Recognised as Colour

#82B9BF

#82B9BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#82B9BF is a cyan with RGB values 130, 185, 191 and HSL 186°, 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#82B9BF

RGBrgb(130, 185, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.7255, 0.749

RGB percentages51%, 72.5%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(185.9, 32.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.9, 31.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK31.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,567,231

CSS custom property--colour: #82B9BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#7D4640

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1B4BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6ACBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#6CBDBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1 Light blue · ΔE 13.6 Powder blue · ΔE 14.6 Sky blue · ΔE 14.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7 Dark grey · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF8882

Analogous#82BFA7, #829ABF

Triadic#BF82B9, #B9BF82

Split complementary#BF829A, #BFA782

Tetradic#A782BF, #BF8882, #9ABF82

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7F2F3

Lighter +20%#C5DFE2

Lighter +10%#A4CCD0

Darker −10%#60A6AE

Darker −20%#4A8A91

Darker −30%#396A6F

Darker −40%#284A4D

More saturated +25%#6ACCD7

Less saturated −25%#9AA6A7

Channel breakdown

R130

G185

B191

Red130 (51%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue185.9°

Saturation (HSL)32.28%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 82 · G B9 · B BF

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