Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#84B1FF

  • #84B1FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#84B1FF is a blue with RGB values 132, 177, 255 and HSL 218°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#84B1FF#84B1FF
HEX#84B1FF
RGBrgb(132, 177, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6941, 1
RGB percentages51.8%, 69.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(218, 100%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 48.2%, 100%)
CMYK48.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,696,319
CSS custom property--colour: #84B1FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#7B4E00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4EC2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.3Light skyblue · ΔE 23.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD284
Analogous#84EFFF, #9484FF
Triadic#FF84B1, #B1FF84
Split complementary#FF9584, #EEFF84
Tetradic#FF84EF, #FFD284, #84FF95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF2FF
Lighter +10%#B7D1FF
Darker −10%#5191FF
Darker −20%#1E70FF
Darker −30%#0056EA
Darker −40%#0043B7
More saturated +25%#84B1FF
Less saturated −25%#93B5F0

Channel breakdown

R132
G177
B255
Red132 (51.8%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue218.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G B1 · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “84b1ff” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.