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Recognised as Colour

#86AED9

  • #86AED9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86AED9 is a blue with RGB values 134, 174, 217 and HSL 211°, 52%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86AED9#86AED9
HEX#86AED9
RGBrgb(134, 174, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6824, 0.851
RGB percentages52.5%, 68.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(211.1, 52.2%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.1, 38.2%, 85.1%)
CMYK38.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,826,585
CSS custom property--colour: #86AED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#795126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EAFDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A7D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6AB8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3Light blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9B186
Analogous#86D7D9, #8886D9
Triadic#D986AE, #AED986
Split complementary#D98786, #D8D986
Tetradic#D986D7, #D9B186, #86D988

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFCFE
Lighter +20%#D4E2F1
Lighter +10%#ADC8E5
Darker −10%#5F94CD
Darker −20%#3C7ABD
Darker −30%#2F6197
Darker −40%#234870
More saturated +25%#72ADED
Less saturated −25%#9AAFC5

Channel breakdown

R134
G174
B217
Red134 (52.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue211.08°
Saturation (HSL)52.2%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AE · B D9

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