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Recognised as Colour

#86ACDF

  • #86ACDF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86ACDF is a blue with RGB values 134, 172, 223 and HSL 214°, 58%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86ACDF#86ACDF
HEX#86ACDF
RGBrgb(134, 172, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6745, 0.8745
RGB percentages52.5%, 67.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(214.4, 58.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 39.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK39.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,826,079
CSS custom property--colour: #86ACDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#795320

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99AEE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#67B7BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFB986
Analogous#86D9DF, #8C86DF
Triadic#DF86AC, #ACDF86
Split complementary#DF8C86, #D9DF86
Tetradic#DF86D9, #DFB986, #86DF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7E3F4
Lighter +10%#AEC8EA
Darker −10%#5E90D4
Darker −20%#3575CA
Darker −30%#2B5DA1
Darker −40%#204679
More saturated +25%#73A9F2
Less saturated −25%#99AFCC

Channel breakdown

R134
G172
B223
Red134 (52.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue214.38°
Saturation (HSL)58.17%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AC · B DF

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