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Recognised as Colour

#86DFE6

  • #86DFE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#86DFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 134, 223, 230 and HSL 184°, 66%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#86DFE6#86DFE6
HEX#86DFE6
RGBrgb(134, 223, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.8745, 0.902
RGB percentages52.5%, 87.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(184.4, 65.8%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 41.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK41.7%, 3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,839,142
CSS custom property--colour: #86DFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#792019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D8E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CCE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5AE5E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68D86
Analogous#86E6BD, #86AFE6
Triadic#E686DF, #DFE686
Split complementary#E686AF, #E6BD86
Tetradic#BD86E6, #E68D86, #AFE686

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF5F7
Lighter +10%#B0EAEF
Darker −10%#5CD4DD
Darker −20%#31C9D5
Darker −30%#24A5AF
Darker −40%#1B7D85
More saturated +25%#74EFF8
Less saturated −25%#98CFD4

Channel breakdown

R134
G223
B230
Red134 (52.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue184.38°
Saturation (HSL)65.75%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G DF · B E6

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