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Recognised as Colour

#86B3E1

  • #86B3E1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86B3E1 is a blue with RGB values 134, 179, 225 and HSL 210°, 60%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86B3E1#86B3E1
HEX#86B3E1
RGBrgb(134, 179, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.702, 0.8824
RGB percentages52.5%, 70.2%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(210.3, 60.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.3, 40.4%, 88.2%)
CMYK40.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,827,873
CSS custom property--colour: #86B3E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#794C1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B4E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ABE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#65BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5Light blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1B486
Analogous#86E1E1, #8786E1
Triadic#E186B3, #B3E186
Split complementary#E18686, #E1E186
Tetradic#E186E1, #E1B486, #86E186

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E6F5
Lighter +10%#AFCDEB
Darker −10%#5D99D7
Darker −20%#3480CD
Darker −30%#2966A5
Darker −40%#1F4D7C
More saturated +25%#73B3F4
Less saturated −25%#99B3CE

Channel breakdown

R134
G179
B225
Red134 (52.5%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue210.33°
Saturation (HSL)60.26%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G B3 · B E1

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