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Recognised as Colour

#86B4FD

  • #86B4FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#86B4FD is a blue with RGB values 134, 180, 253 and HSL 217°, 97%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#86B4FD#86B4FD
HEX#86B4FD
RGBrgb(134, 180, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.7059, 0.9922
RGB percentages52.5%, 70.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(216.8, 96.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 47%, 99.2%)
CMYK47%, 28.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,828,157
CSS custom property--colour: #86B4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#794B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BADFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#54C4CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.5Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCF86
Analogous#86F0FD, #9386FD
Triadic#FD86B4, #B4FD86
Split complementary#FD9386, #F0FD86
Tetradic#FD86F0, #FDCF86, #86FD94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF2FF
Lighter +10%#B8D3FE
Darker −10%#5495FC
Darker −20%#2276FB
Darker −30%#045BE6
Darker −40%#0347B4
More saturated +25%#84B4FF
Less saturated −25%#95B7EE

Channel breakdown

R134
G180
B253
Red134 (52.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue216.81°
Saturation (HSL)96.75%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G B4 · B FD

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