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Colour

#84A9FF

  • #84A9FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#84A9FF is a blue with RGB values 132, 169, 255 and HSL 222°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#84A9FF#84A9FF
HEX#84A9FF
RGBrgb(132, 169, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6627, 1
RGB percentages51.8%, 66.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(222, 100%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 48.2%, 100%)
CMYK48.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,694,271
CSS custom property--colour: #84A9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7B5600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#88B1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7BA6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#50BBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.8Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.2Light skyblue · ΔE 29.4Medium purple · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDA84
Analogous#84E6FF, #9D84FF
Triadic#FF84A9, #A9FF84
Split complementary#FF9C84, #E7FF84
Tetradic#FF84E6, #FFDA84, #84FF9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF0FF
Lighter +10%#B7CDFF
Darker −10%#5185FF
Darker −20%#1E62FF
Darker −30%#0046EA
Darker −40%#0037B7
More saturated +25%#84A9FF
Less saturated −25%#93AFF0

Channel breakdown

R132
G169
B255
Red132 (51.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue221.95°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G A9 · B FF

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