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Recognised as Colour

#86C4FF

  • #86C4FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86C4FF is a blue with RGB values 134, 196, 255 and HSL 209°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86C4FF#86C4FF
HEX#86C4FF
RGBrgb(134, 196, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.7686, 1
RGB percentages52.5%, 76.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(209.3, 100%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 47.5%, 100%)
CMYK47.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,832,255
CSS custom property--colour: #86C4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#793B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4FD2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC186
Analogous#86FFFD, #8688FF
Triadic#FF86C4, #C4FF86
Split complementary#FF8687, #FFFE86
Tetradic#FE86FF, #FFC186, #88FF86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF6FF
Lighter +10%#B9DDFF
Darker −10%#53ABFF
Darker −20%#2092FF
Darker −30%#0079EC
Darker −40%#005FB9
More saturated +25%#86C4FF
Less saturated −25%#95C4F0

Channel breakdown

R134
G196
B255
Red134 (52.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue209.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G C4 · B FF

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