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Recognised as Colour

#86BBCD

  • #86BBCD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#86BBCD is a cyan with RGB values 134, 187, 205 and HSL 195°, 42%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#86BBCD#86BBCD
HEX#86BBCD
RGBrgb(134, 187, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.7333, 0.8039
RGB percentages52.5%, 73.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(195.2, 41.5%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 34.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK34.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,829,901
CSS custom property--colour: #86BBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#794432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B8CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AFCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6DC1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9886
Analogous#86CDBC, #8698CD
Triadic#CD86BB, #BBCD86
Split complementary#CD8698, #CDBC86
Tetradic#BC86CD, #CD9886, #97CD86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F8FA
Lighter +20%#CEE4EB
Lighter +10%#AACFDC
Darker −10%#62A7BE
Darker −20%#458FA8
Darker −30%#367084
Darker −40%#275160
More saturated +25%#71C6E2
Less saturated −25%#9BB0B8

Channel breakdown

R134
G187
B205
Red134 (52.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue195.21°
Saturation (HSL)41.52%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G BB · B CD

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