Colour

#84B0CE

#84B0CE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#84B0CE is a blue with RGB values 132, 176, 206 and HSL 204°, 43%, 66%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#84B0CE#84B0CE

HEX#84B0CE

RGBrgb(132, 176, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6902, 0.8078

RGB percentages51.8%, 69%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(204.3, 43%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.3, 35.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK35.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,696,014

CSS custom property--colour: #84B0CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.08:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#7B4F31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3AFD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#99A7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#6BB8BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 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 text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6 Sky blue · ΔE 12.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6 Light blue · ΔE 16.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 17.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CEA284

Analogous#84CEC7, #848BCE

Triadic#CE84B0, #B0CE84

Split complementary#CE848B, #CEC784

Tetradic#C784CE, #CEA284, #8BCE84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1F6FA

Lighter +20%#CDDFEB

Lighter +10%#A8C7DD

Darker −10%#6099BF

Darker −20%#4380A9

Darker −30%#356484

Darker −40%#264860

More saturated +25%#6FB4E3

Less saturated −25%#9AACB9

Channel breakdown

R132

G176

B206

Red132 (51.8%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue204.32°

Saturation (HSL)43.02%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G B0 · B CE

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