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Recognised as Colour

#86AEE9

  • #86AEE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86AEE9 is a blue with RGB values 134, 174, 233 and HSL 216°, 69%, 72%. 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

#86AEE9#86AEE9
HEX#86AEE9
RGBrgb(134, 174, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6824, 0.9137
RGB percentages52.5%, 68.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(215.8, 69.2%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 42.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK42.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,826,601
CSS custom property--colour: #86AEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#795116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B1ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#62BBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 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 text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.2Sky blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C186
Analogous#86DFE9, #8F86E9
Triadic#E986AE, #AEE986
Split complementary#E98F86, #E0E986
Tetradic#E986DF, #E9C186, #86E98F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCE8F9
Lighter +10%#B1CBF1
Darker −10%#5B91E1
Darker −20%#3074D9
Darker −30%#215DB5
Darker −40%#19478A
More saturated +25%#74ABFB
Less saturated −25%#98B1D7

Channel breakdown

R134
G174
B233
Red134 (52.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue215.76°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AE · B E9

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