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Recognised as Colour

#86AEFE

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

#86AEFE is a blue with RGB values 134, 174, 254 and HSL 220°, 98%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#86AEFE#86AEFE
HEX#86AEFE
RGBrgb(134, 174, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6824, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.5%, 68.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(220, 98.4%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 47.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK47.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,826,622
CSS custom property--colour: #86AEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#795101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90B4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#54BFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2Light skyblue · ΔE 25.4Light steelblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED686
Analogous#86EAFE, #9A86FE
Triadic#FE86AE, #AEFE86
Split complementary#FE9A86, #EAFE86
Tetradic#FE86EA, #FED686, #86FE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF2FF
Lighter +10%#B9D0FE
Darker −10%#538CFE
Darker −20%#216AFD
Darker −30%#024FE9
Darker −40%#023EB6
More saturated +25%#85AEFF
Less saturated −25%#95B3EF

Channel breakdown

R134
G174
B254
Red134 (52.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)98.36%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G AE · B FE

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