#84FFFF colour

#84FFFF is a light cyan close to CSS aqua. RGB 132, 255, 255, HSL 180, 100%, 76%. Black text passes AAA (17.73:1), white fails (1.18:1).

#84FFFF

Nearest CSS name: aqua #00ffff (not an exact match)
Described as: a light cyan
Red, green, blue: 132, 255, 255
Material 2014: Cyan A100
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.8365 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#84ffff`
RGB	`rgb(132, 255, 255)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(51.8% 100% 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(180, 100%, 75.9%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(180, 48.2%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(180 51.8% 0%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(48%, 0%, 0%, 0%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(92.96% -36.08 -11.26)`
OKLCH	`oklch(92.93% 0.1107 195.42)`
Decimal	`8716287`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.18:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 17.73:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.18:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	17.73:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #84FFFF (17.73:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#8fffff 18%#9affff 27%#a6ffff 36%#b1ffff 45%#bcffff 55%#c7ffff 64%#d2ffff 73%#ddffff 82%#e9ffff 91%#f4ffff

9%#78e8e8 18%#6cd1d1 27%#60b9b9 36%#54a2a2 45%#488b8b 55%#3c7474 64%#305d5d 73%#244646 82%#182e2e 91%#0c1717

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#84ffff #ff8484

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#84ffc2 #84ffff #84c2ff

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#84ffff #ff84ff #ffff84

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#84ffff #ff84c2 #ffc284

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#84ffff #c284ff #ff8484 #c2ff84

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#84ffff Protanopia#f1f5ff Deuteranopia#dce5ff Tritanopia#34ffff Achromatopsia#ececec

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

Material Cyan palette

50#e0f7fa 100#b2ebf2 200#80deea 300#4dd0e1 400#26c6da 500#00bcd4 600#00acc1 700#0097a7 800#00838f 900#006064 A100#84ffff A200#18ffff A400#00e5ff A700#00b8d4

CSS

Text colour	`color: #84ffff;`
Background	`background-color: #84ffff;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #84ffff;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(132 255 255 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #84ffff;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #84ffff, #4f9999);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b5ffff, #84ffff);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #84ffff; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #84FFFF to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.