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Recognised as Colour

#22AFDB

  • #22AFDB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#22AFDB is a cyan with RGB values 34, 175, 219 and HSL 194°, 73%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#22AFDB#22AFDB
HEX#22AFDB
RGBrgb(34, 175, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.6863, 0.8588
RGB percentages13.3%, 68.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(194.3, 73.1%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 84.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK84.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,273,243
CSS custom property--colour: #22AFDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#DD5024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97ABDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F9BDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Cadetblue · ΔE 25.4Light steelblue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB4E22
Analogous#22DBAA, #2253DB
Triadic#DB22AF, #AFDB22
Split complementary#DB2253, #DBAA22
Tetradic#AA22DB, #DB4E22, #53DB22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1EFF8
Lighter +30%#A5DFF1
Lighter +20%#79CFEA
Lighter +10%#4DBFE3
Darker −10%#1B8CAF
Darker −20%#146883
Darker −30%#0D4557
Darker −40%#07222A
More saturated +25%#02C0FB
Less saturated −25%#429EBB

Channel breakdown

R34
G175
B219
Red34 (13.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue194.27°
Saturation (HSL)73.12%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G AF · B DB

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