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Recognised as Colour

#84C6FA

  • #84C6FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#84C6FA is a blue with RGB values 132, 198, 250 and HSL 206°, 92%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#84C6FA#84C6FA
HEX#84C6FA
RGBrgb(132, 198, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7765, 0.9804
RGB percentages51.8%, 77.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(206.4, 92.2%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 47.2%, 98%)
CMYK47.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,701,690
CSS custom property--colour: #84C6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#7B3905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C6FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BAF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4ED3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAB884
Analogous#84FAF3, #848BFA
Triadic#FA84C6, #C6FA84
Split complementary#FA848B, #FAF384
Tetradic#F384FA, #FAB884, #8BFA84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F3FE
Lighter +10%#B5DDFC
Darker −10%#53AFF8
Darker −20%#2299F6
Darker −30%#097FDC
Darker −40%#0763AB
More saturated +25%#7FC7FF
Less saturated −25%#94C4EA

Channel breakdown

R132
G198
B250
Red132 (51.8%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue206.44°
Saturation (HSL)92.19%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G C6 · B FA

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