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Recognised as Colour

#86C6EA

  • #86C6EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86C6EA is a blue with RGB values 134, 198, 234 and HSL 202°, 70%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86C6EA#86C6EA
HEX#86C6EA
RGBrgb(134, 198, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.7765, 0.9176
RGB percentages52.5%, 77.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(201.6, 70.4%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.6, 42.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK42.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,832,746
CSS custom property--colour: #86C6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.28:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#793915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5DD0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.1Sky blue · ΔE 5.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 14.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAAA86
Analogous#86EADC, #8694EA
Triadic#EA86C6, #C6EA86
Split complementary#EA8694, #EADC86
Tetradic#DC86EA, #EAAA86, #94EA86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEFF9
Lighter +10%#B1DAF2
Darker −10%#5BB2E2
Darker −20%#2F9DDB
Darker −30%#2081B7
Darker −40%#18628C
More saturated +25%#74CBFC
Less saturated −25%#98C1D8

Channel breakdown

R134
G198
B234
Red134 (52.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue201.6°
Saturation (HSL)70.42%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G C6 · B EA

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