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Recognised as Colour

#84B8BE

  • #84B8BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#84B8BE is a cyan with RGB values 132, 184, 190 and HSL 186°, 31%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#84B8BE#84B8BE
HEX#84B8BE
RGBrgb(132, 184, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7216, 0.7451
RGB percentages51.8%, 72.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(186.2, 30.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.2, 30.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK30.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,698,046
CSS custom property--colour: #84B8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#7B4741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B4BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6ACBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#70BCBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE8A84
Analogous#84BEA7, #849BBE
Triadic#BE84B8, #B8BE84
Split complementary#BE849B, #BEA784
Tetradic#A784BE, #BE8A84, #9BBE84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F2F3
Lighter +20%#C7DFE1
Lighter +10%#A5CBD0
Darker −10%#63A5AC
Darker −20%#4C8990
Darker −30%#3A696F
Darker −40%#29494D
More saturated +25%#6DCBD5
Less saturated −25%#9BA5A6

Channel breakdown

R132
G184
B190
Red132 (51.8%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue186.21°
Saturation (HSL)30.85%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G B8 · B BE

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