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Recognised as Colour

#86ABFB

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

#86ABFB is a blue with RGB values 134, 171, 251 and HSL 221°, 94%, 75%. 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

#86ABFB#86ABFB
HEX#86ABFB
RGBrgb(134, 171, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6706, 0.9843
RGB percentages52.5%, 67.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(221, 93.6%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 46.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK46.6%, 31.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,825,851
CSS custom property--colour: #86ABFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#795404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#81A7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#57BCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD686
Analogous#86E5FB, #9C86FB
Triadic#FB86AB, #ABFB86
Split complementary#FB9C86, #E5FB86
Tetradic#FB86E5, #FBD686, #86FB9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0FE
Lighter +10%#B7CDFD
Darker −10%#5589F9
Darker −20%#2366F8
Darker −30%#074CE1
Darker −40%#063BAF
More saturated +25%#82AAFF
Less saturated −25%#96B1EB

Channel breakdown

R134
G171
B251
Red134 (52.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue221.03°
Saturation (HSL)93.6%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AB · B FB

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