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Recognised as Colour

#86D9FF

  • #86D9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#86D9FF is a cyan with RGB values 134, 217, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#86D9FF#86D9FF
HEX#86D9FF
RGBrgb(134, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages52.5%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.8, 100%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 47.5%, 100%)
CMYK47.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,837,631
CSS custom property--colour: #86D9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.38:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#792600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#49E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6Sky blue · ΔE 6.3Light blue · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFAC86
Analogous#86FFE8, #869DFF
Triadic#FF86D9, #D9FF86
Split complementary#FF869D, #FFE986
Tetradic#E886FF, #FFAC86, #9CFF86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF9FF
Lighter +10%#B9E9FF
Darker −10%#53C9FF
Darker −20%#20B9FF
Darker −30%#00A2EC
Darker −40%#007FB9
More saturated +25%#86D9FF
Less saturated −25%#95D3F0

Channel breakdown

R134
G217
B255
Red134 (52.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G D9 · B FF

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