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Recognised as Colour

#86E6FF

  • #86E6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#86E6FF is a cyan with RGB values 134, 230, 255 and HSL 192°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#86E6FF#86E6FF
HEX#86E6FF
RGBrgb(134, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages52.5%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(192.4, 100%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 47.5%, 100%)
CMYK47.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,840,959
CSS custom property--colour: #86E6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.78:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#791900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#45EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9F86
Analogous#86FFDB, #86AAFF
Triadic#FF86E6, #E6FF86
Split complementary#FF86AA, #FFDB86
Tetradic#DB86FF, #FF9F86, #AAFF86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECFBFF
Lighter +10%#B9F1FF
Darker −10%#53DBFF
Darker −20%#20D1FF
Darker −30%#00BBEC
Darker −40%#0093B9
More saturated +25%#86E6FF
Less saturated −25%#95DDF0

Channel breakdown

R134
G230
B255
Red134 (52.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue192.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G E6 · B FF

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