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Recognised as Colour

#84C8CD

  • #84C8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#84C8CD is a cyan with RGB values 132, 200, 205 and HSL 184°, 42%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#84C8CD#84C8CD
HEX#84C8CD
RGBrgb(132, 200, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7843, 0.8039
RGB percentages51.8%, 78.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(184.1, 42.2%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 35.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK35.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,702,157
CSS custom property--colour: #84C8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.12:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#7B3732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC2CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B8CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#67CDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD8984
Analogous#84CDAE, #84A4CD
Triadic#CD84C8, #C8CD84
Split complementary#CD84A4, #CDAE84
Tetradic#AE84CD, #CD8984, #A4CD84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F9F9
Lighter +20%#CDE8EA
Lighter +10%#A8D8DC
Darker −10%#60B8BE
Darker −20%#44A0A7
Darker −30%#357E83
Darker −40%#265B5F
More saturated +25%#6EDBE3
Less saturated −25%#9AB5B7

Channel breakdown

R132
G200
B205
Red132 (51.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue184.11°
Saturation (HSL)42.2%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G C8 · B CD

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