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Recognised as Colour

#86A4AE

  • #86A4AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#86A4AE is a cyan with RGB values 134, 164, 174 and HSL 195°, 20%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#86A4AE#86A4AE
HEX#86A4AE
RGBrgb(134, 164, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6431, 0.6824
RGB percentages52.5%, 64.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(195, 19.8%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 23%, 68.2%)
CMYK23%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,823,982
CSS custom property--colour: #86A4AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#795B51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA2AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#979DAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7AA8A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE9086
Analogous#86AEA4, #8690AE
Triadic#AE86A4, #A4AE86
Split complementary#AE8690, #AEA486
Tetradic#A486AE, #AE9086, #90AE86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2E9EB
Lighter +20%#C3D2D7
Lighter +10%#A5BBC2
Darker −10%#678D9A
Darker −20%#53717B
Darker −30%#3E555D
Darker −40%#2A393E
More saturated +25%#6DB1C7
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R134
G164
B174
Red134 (52.5%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)19.8%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G A4 · B AE

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