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Recognised as Colour

#84BFBC

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

#84BFBC is a cyan with RGB values 132, 191, 188 and HSL 177°, 32%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#84BFBC#84BFBC
HEX#84BFBC
RGBrgb(132, 191, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.749, 0.7373
RGB percentages51.8%, 74.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(176.9, 31.6%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.9, 30.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK30.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,699,836
CSS custom property--colour: #84BFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#7B4043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B9BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB1BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6FC2BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF8487
Analogous#84BF9E, #84A4BF
Triadic#BC84BF, #BFBC84
Split complementary#BF84A4, #BF9E84
Tetradic#9E84BF, #BF8487, #A4BF84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F3F3
Lighter +20%#C7E2E1
Lighter +10%#A6D0CE
Darker −10%#62AEAA
Darker −20%#4C918E
Darker −30%#3A706D
Darker −40%#294E4C
More saturated +25%#6DD6D1
Less saturated −25%#9BA8A7

Channel breakdown

R132
G191
B188
Red132 (51.8%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue176.95°
Saturation (HSL)31.55%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 84 · G BF · B BC

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