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Colour

#84BDEE

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

#84BDEE is a blue with RGB values 132, 189, 238 and HSL 208°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#84BDEE#84BDEE
HEX#84BDEE
RGBrgb(132, 189, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7412, 0.9333
RGB percentages51.8%, 74.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(207.7, 75.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.7, 44.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK44.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,699,374
CSS custom property--colour: #84BDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#7B4211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB2EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#58C9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.4Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB584
Analogous#84EEEA, #8488EE
Triadic#EE84BD, #BDEE84
Split complementary#EE8488, #EEEA84
Tetradic#EA84EE, #EEB584, #88EE84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEDFA
Lighter +10%#B1D5F4
Darker −10%#57A5E8
Darker −20%#2A8DE2
Darker −30%#1A73BF
Darker −40%#145892
More saturated +25%#73BEFF
Less saturated −25%#96BCDD

Channel breakdown

R132
G189
B238
Red132 (51.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue207.74°
Saturation (HSL)75.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G BD · B EE

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