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Recognised as Colour

#86AEE5

  • #86AEE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86AEE5 is a blue with RGB values 134, 174, 229 and HSL 215°, 65%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86AEE5#86AEE5
HEX#86AEE5
RGBrgb(134, 174, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6824, 0.898
RGB percentages52.5%, 68.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(214.7, 64.6%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 41.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK41.5%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,826,597
CSS custom property--colour: #86AEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#79511A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB1E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA7E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#64BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 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 text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5BD86
Analogous#86DEE5, #8D86E5
Triadic#E586AE, #AEE586
Split complementary#E58D86, #DEE586
Tetradic#E586DE, #E5BD86, #86E58D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAE6F7
Lighter +10%#B0CAEE
Darker −10%#5C92DC
Darker −20%#3276D3
Darker −30%#255EAD
Darker −40%#1C4783
More saturated +25%#74ABF7
Less saturated −25%#98B1D3

Channel breakdown

R134
G174
B229
Red134 (52.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue214.74°
Saturation (HSL)64.63%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AE · B E5

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