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Recognised as Colour

#86B2F1

  • #86B2F1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86B2F1 is a blue with RGB values 134, 178, 241 and HSL 215°, 79%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86B2F1#86B2F1
HEX#86B2F1
RGBrgb(134, 178, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.698, 0.9451
RGB percentages52.5%, 69.8%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(215.3, 79.3%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 44.4%, 94.5%)
CMYK44.4%, 26.1%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,827,633
CSS custom property--colour: #86B2F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#794D0E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB5F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EABF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5CC0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1C586
Analogous#86E8F1, #8F86F1
Triadic#F186B2, #B2F186
Split complementary#F18F86, #E8F186
Tetradic#F186E8, #F1C586, #86F18F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1ECFC
Lighter +10%#B4CFF6
Darker −10%#5895EC
Darker −20%#2B78E6
Darker −30%#175FC7
Darker −40%#124999
More saturated +25%#78B0FF
Less saturated −25%#97B5E0

Channel breakdown

R134
G178
B241
Red134 (52.5%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue215.33°
Saturation (HSL)79.26%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G B2 · B F1

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