Recognised as Colour

#86ECDE

#86ECDE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#86ECDE is a cyan with RGB values 134, 236, 222 and HSL 172°, 73%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#86ECDE#86ECDE

HEX#86ECDE

RGBrgb(134, 236, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.9255, 0.8706

RGB percentages52.5%, 92.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(171.8, 72.9%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 43.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK43.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,842,462

CSS custom property--colour: #86ECDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#791321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D5DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#5BF0E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EC8694

Analogous#86ECAB, #86C7EC

Triadic#DE86EC, #ECDE86

Split complementary#EC86C7, #ECAB86

Tetradic#AB86EC, #EC8694, #C7EC86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEFAF6

Lighter +10%#B2F3EA

Darker −10%#5AE5D2

Darker −20%#2EDEC6

Darker −30%#1DBCA6

Darker −40%#178F7F

More saturated +25%#75FEEB

Less saturated −25%#98DBD1

Channel breakdown

R134

G236

B222

Red134 (52.5%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue171.76°

Saturation (HSL)72.86%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 86 · G EC · B DE

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Colour values

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