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Recognised as Colour

#86AAFF

  • #86AAFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#86AAFF is a blue with RGB values 134, 170, 255 and HSL 222°, 100%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#86AAFF#86AAFF
HEX#86AAFF
RGBrgb(134, 170, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6667, 1
RGB percentages52.5%, 66.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(222.1, 100%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 47.5%, 100%)
CMYK47.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,825,599
CSS custom property--colour: #86AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#795500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#54BCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 26.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 28Light skyblue · ΔE 28.8Medium purple · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDB86
Analogous#86E6FF, #9F86FF
Triadic#FF86AA, #AAFF86
Split complementary#FF9F86, #E7FF86
Tetradic#FF86E6, #FFDB86, #86FF9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF2FF
Lighter +10%#B9CEFF
Darker −10%#5386FF
Darker −20%#2062FF
Darker −30%#0046EC
Darker −40%#0037B9
More saturated +25%#86AAFF
Less saturated −25%#95B0F0

Channel breakdown

R134
G170
B255
Red134 (52.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue222.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AA · B FF

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