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Recognised as Colour

#84C2CA

  • #84C2CA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#84C2CA is a cyan with RGB values 132, 194, 202 and HSL 187°, 40%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#84C2CA#84C2CA
HEX#84C2CA
RGBrgb(132, 194, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7608, 0.7922
RGB percentages51.8%, 76.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(186.9, 39.8%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 34.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK34.7%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,700,618
CSS custom property--colour: #84C2CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#7B3D35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BDCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6AC7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8C84
Analogous#84CAAF, #849FCA
Triadic#CA84C2, #C2CA84
Split complementary#CA849F, #CAAF84
Tetradic#AF84CA, #CA8C84, #9FCA84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF7F8
Lighter +20%#CBE5E9
Lighter +10%#A8D4D9
Darker −10%#60B0BB
Darker −20%#4698A2
Darker −30%#37767E
Darker −40%#27555B
More saturated +25%#6ED3E0
Less saturated −25%#9AB1B4

Channel breakdown

R132
G194
B202
Red132 (51.8%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue186.86°
Saturation (HSL)39.77%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G C2 · B CA

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