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Colour

#84ABFE

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

#84ABFE is a blue with RGB values 132, 171, 254 and HSL 221°, 98%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#84ABFE#84ABFE
HEX#84ABFE
RGBrgb(132, 171, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6706, 0.9961
RGB percentages51.8%, 67.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(220.8, 98.4%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 48%, 99.6%)
CMYK48%, 32.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,694,782
CSS custom property--colour: #84ABFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#7B5401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA7FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#51BDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 25.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.4Medium purple · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED784
Analogous#84E8FE, #9A84FE
Triadic#FE84AB, #ABFE84
Split complementary#FE9A84, #E8FE84
Tetradic#FE84E8, #FED784, #84FE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0FF
Lighter +10%#B7CEFE
Darker −10%#5188FE
Darker −20%#1F66FD
Darker −30%#024BE7
Darker −40%#013BB5
More saturated +25%#83ABFF
Less saturated −25%#93B1EE

Channel breakdown

R132
G171
B254
Red132 (51.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue220.82°
Saturation (HSL)98.39%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G AB · B FE

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