Colour

#20BFDD

#20BFDD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#20BFDD is a cyan with RGB values 32, 191, 221 and HSL 190°, 75%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#20BFDD#20BFDD

HEX#20BFDD

RGBrgb(32, 191, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.1255, 0.749, 0.8667

RGB percentages12.5%, 74.9%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(189.5, 74.7%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 85.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK85.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,146,269

CSS custom property--colour: #20BFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#DF4022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAB9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#92A7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00CAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD3E20

Analogous#20DD9C, #2061DD

Triadic#DD20BF, #BFDD20

Split complementary#DD2060, #DD9C20

Tetradic#9D20DD, #DD3E20, #61DD20

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1F2F8

Lighter +30%#A4E6F2

Lighter +20%#78D9EB

Lighter +10%#4BCDE5

Darker −10%#1A98B0

Darker −20%#137284

Darker −30%#0D4B57

Darker −40%#06252B

More saturated +25%#00D5FD

Less saturated −25%#40A9BD

Channel breakdown

R32

G191

B221

Red32 (12.5%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue189.52°

Saturation (HSL)74.7%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 20 · G BF · B DD

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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