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Recognised as Colour

#84ADE8

  • #84ADE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#84ADE8 is a blue with RGB values 132, 173, 232 and HSL 215°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#84ADE8#84ADE8
HEX#84ADE8
RGBrgb(132, 173, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6784, 0.9098
RGB percentages51.8%, 67.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(215.4, 68.5%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 43.1%, 91%)
CMYK43.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,695,272
CSS custom property--colour: #84ADE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.12:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#7B5217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5FBAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Sky blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8BF84
Analogous#84DFE8, #8D84E8
Triadic#E884AD, #ADE884
Split complementary#E88D84, #DFE884
Tetradic#E884DF, #E8BF84, #84E88D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAE6F8
Lighter +10%#AFCAF0
Darker −10%#5990E0
Darker −20%#2E74D8
Darker −30%#215CB2
Darker −40%#194687
More saturated +25%#72AAFA
Less saturated −25%#96B0D6

Channel breakdown

R132
G173
B232
Red132 (51.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue215.4°
Saturation (HSL)68.49%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G AD · B E8

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