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Recognised as Colour

#84AEE6

  • #84AEE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#84AEE6 is a blue with RGB values 132, 174, 230 and HSL 214°, 66%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#84AEE6#84AEE6
HEX#84AEE6
RGBrgb(132, 174, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6824, 0.902
RGB percentages51.8%, 68.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(214.3, 66.2%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 42.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK42.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,695,526
CSS custom property--colour: #84AEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#7B5119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA7E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#60BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 18.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6BC84
Analogous#84DFE6, #8B84E6
Triadic#E684AE, #AEE684
Split complementary#E68B84, #DFE684
Tetradic#E684DF, #E6BC84, #84E68B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9E6F7
Lighter +10%#AECAEF
Darker −10%#5A92DD
Darker −20%#2F76D5
Darker −30%#235FAE
Darker −40%#1B4883
More saturated +25%#72ABF9
Less saturated −25%#97B1D3

Channel breakdown

R132
G174
B230
Red132 (51.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue214.29°
Saturation (HSL)66.22%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G AE · B E6

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