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Recognised as Colour

#86D3EF

  • #86D3EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#86D3EF is a cyan with RGB values 134, 211, 239 and HSL 196°, 77%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#86D3EF#86D3EF
HEX#86D3EF
RGBrgb(134, 211, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.8275, 0.9373
RGB percentages52.5%, 82.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(196, 76.6%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 43.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK43.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,836,079
CSS custom property--colour: #86D3EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.58:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#792C10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C3EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#57DCDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 2.3Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 2.3, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFA286
Analogous#86EFD7, #869FEF
Triadic#EF86D3, #D3EF86
Split complementary#EF869F, #EFD786
Tetradic#D786EF, #EFA286, #9FEF86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F4FB
Lighter +10%#B3E3F5
Darker −10%#59C3E9
Darker −20%#2CB2E3
Darker −30%#1A95C2
Darker −40%#147395
More saturated +25%#76DAFF
Less saturated −25%#97CBDE

Channel breakdown

R134
G211
B239
Red134 (52.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)76.64%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G D3 · B EF

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