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Recognised as Colour

#1DC8FF

  • #1DC8FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#1DC8FF is a cyan with RGB values 29, 200, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#1DC8FF#1DC8FF
HEX#1DC8FF
RGBrgb(29, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1137, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages11.4%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(194.6, 100%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 88.6%, 100%)
CMYK88.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,951,999
CSS custom property--colour: #1DC8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#E23700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FB1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 29.3Light blue · ΔE 30Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF541D
Analogous#1DFFC5, #1D57FF
Triadic#FF1DC8, #C8FF1D
Split complementary#FF1D57, #FFC51D
Tetradic#C51DFF, #FF541D, #57FF1D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9FAFF
Lighter +30%#B6EDFF
Lighter +20%#83E1FF
Lighter +10%#50D4FF
Darker −10%#00B0E9
Darker −20%#008AB6
Darker −30%#006383
Darker −40%#003D50
More saturated +25%#1DC8FF
Less saturated −25%#39B9E3

Channel breakdown

R29
G200
B255
Red29 (11.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue194.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1D · G C8 · B FF

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