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Recognised as Colour

#86EDE1

  • #86EDE1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#86EDE1 is a cyan with RGB values 134, 237, 225 and HSL 173°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#86EDE1#86EDE1
HEX#86EDE1
RGBrgb(134, 237, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.9294, 0.8824
RGB percentages52.5%, 92.9%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(173, 74.1%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 43.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK43.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,842,721
CSS custom property--colour: #86EDE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.21:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#79121E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D6E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#59F1E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5Turquoise · ΔE 12.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Aqua · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED8692
Analogous#86EDAE, #86C5ED
Triadic#E186ED, #EDE186
Split complementary#ED86C5, #EDAE86
Tetradic#AE86ED, #ED8692, #C5ED86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFFAF7
Lighter +10%#B2F4EC
Darker −10%#5AE6D6
Darker −20%#2DE0CB
Darker −30%#1CBEAB
Darker −40%#169183
More saturated +25%#75FEEE
Less saturated −25%#97DCD4

Channel breakdown

R134
G237
B225
Red134 (52.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue173.01°
Saturation (HSL)74.1%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 86 · G ED · B E1

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