Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#84C9EE

  • #84C9EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#84C9EE is a blue with RGB values 132, 201, 238 and HSL 201°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#84C9EE#84C9EE
HEX#84C9EE
RGBrgb(132, 201, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.7882, 0.9333
RGB percentages51.8%, 78.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(200.9, 75.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.9, 44.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK44.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,702,446
CSS custom property--colour: #84C9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#7B3611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BBEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#56D3D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.2Sky blue · ΔE 4.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 14.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.17, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEA984
Analogous#84EEDE, #8494EE
Triadic#EE84C9, #C9EE84
Split complementary#EE8494, #EEDE84
Tetradic#DE84EE, #EEA984, #94EE84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF0FA
Lighter +10%#B1DDF4
Darker −10%#57B5E8
Darker −20%#2AA2E2
Darker −30%#1A85BF
Darker −40%#146692
More saturated +25%#73CEFF
Less saturated −25%#96C4DD

Channel breakdown

R132
G201
B238
Red132 (51.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue200.94°
Saturation (HSL)75.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G C9 · B EE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “84c9ee” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.