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Recognised as Colour

#86BCCD

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

#86BCCD is a cyan with RGB values 134, 188, 205 and HSL 194°, 42%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#86BCCD#86BCCD
HEX#86BCCD
RGBrgb(134, 188, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.7373, 0.8039
RGB percentages52.5%, 73.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(194.4, 41.5%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 34.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK34.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,830,157
CSS custom property--colour: #86BCCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#794332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6DC2C1no 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 text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9786
Analogous#86CDBB, #8699CD
Triadic#CD86BC, #BCCD86
Split complementary#CD8699, #CDBB86
Tetradic#BB86CD, #CD9786, #99CD86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F8FA
Lighter +20%#CEE4EB
Lighter +10%#AAD0DC
Darker −10%#62A8BE
Darker −20%#4590A8
Darker −30%#367184
Darker −40%#275260
More saturated +25%#71C7E2
Less saturated −25%#9BB1B8

Channel breakdown

R134
G188
B205
Red134 (52.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue194.37°
Saturation (HSL)41.52%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G BC · B CD

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