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Recognised as Colour

#86DCE5

  • #86DCE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#86DCE5 is a cyan with RGB values 134, 220, 229 and HSL 186°, 65%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#86DCE5#86DCE5
HEX#86DCE5
RGBrgb(134, 220, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.8627, 0.898
RGB percentages52.5%, 86.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(185.7, 64.6%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 41.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK41.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,838,373
CSS custom property--colour: #86DCE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 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#79231A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D5E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C9E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5BE2DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 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

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 12.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E58F86
Analogous#86E5BF, #86ACE5
Triadic#E586DC, #DCE586
Split complementary#E586AC, #E5BE86
Tetradic#BF86E5, #E58F86, #ADE586

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF4F7
Lighter +10%#B0E8EE
Darker −10%#5CD0DC
Darker −20%#32C4D3
Darker −30%#25A0AD
Darker −40%#1C7983
More saturated +25%#74EBF7
Less saturated −25%#98CDD3

Channel breakdown

R134
G220
B229
Red134 (52.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue185.68°
Saturation (HSL)64.63%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G DC · B E5

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