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Recognised as Colour

#039FD9

  • #039FD9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#039FD9 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 159, 217 and HSL 196°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#039FD9#039FD9
HEX#039FD9
RGBrgb(3, 159, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6235, 0.851
RGB percentages1.2%, 62.4%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(196.3, 97.3%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 98.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK98.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer237,529
CSS custom property--colour: #039FD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FC6026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#829EDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#698DD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Steel blue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 25.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4Light slate grey · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D93D03
Analogous#03D9A8, #0334D9
Triadic#D9039F, #9FD903
Split complementary#D90334, #D9A803
Tetradic#A803D9, #D93D03, #34D903

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAE7FE
Lighter +30%#78D9FD
Lighter +20%#46CBFC
Lighter +10%#13BDFC
Darker −10%#027AA7
Darker −20%#025574
Darker −30%#013042
Darker −40%#000C10
More saturated +25%#00A0DC
Less saturated −25%#1E92BE

Channel breakdown

R3
G159
B217
Red3 (1.2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue196.26°
Saturation (HSL)97.27%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 9F · B D9

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