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Recognised as Colour

#84BBCB

  • #84BBCB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#84BBCB is a cyan with RGB values 132, 187, 203 and HSL 194°, 41%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#84BBCB#84BBCB
HEX#84BBCB
RGBrgb(132, 187, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7333, 0.7961
RGB percentages51.8%, 73.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(193.5, 40.6%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 35%, 79.6%)
CMYK35%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,698,827
CSS custom property--colour: #84BBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#7B4434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B7CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AFCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6AC1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB9484
Analogous#84CBB8, #8497CB
Triadic#CB84BB, #BBCB84
Split complementary#CB8497, #CBB884
Tetradic#B884CB, #CB9484, #98CB84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F6F8
Lighter +20%#CCE3E9
Lighter +10%#A8CFDA
Darker −10%#60A7BC
Darker −20%#458EA4
Darker −30%#366F80
Darker −40%#27505C
More saturated +25%#6EC7E1
Less saturated −25%#9AAFB5

Channel breakdown

R132
G187
B203
Red132 (51.8%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue193.52°
Saturation (HSL)40.57%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G BB · B CB

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