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Recognised as Colour

#22BAFF

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

#22BAFF is a cyan with RGB values 34, 186, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#22BAFF#22BAFF
HEX#22BAFF
RGBrgb(34, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1333, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages13.3%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.7, 100%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 86.7%, 100%)
CMYK86.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,276,095
CSS custom property--colour: #22BAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#DD4500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 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 text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.5Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Sky blue · ΔE 24.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4Light steelblue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.46, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6722
Analogous#22FFD6, #224BFF
Triadic#FF22BA, #BAFF22
Split complementary#FF224B, #FFD522
Tetradic#D622FF, #FF6722, #4CFF22

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEFAFF
Lighter +30%#BBEAFF
Lighter +20%#88DAFF
Lighter +10%#55CAFF
Darker −10%#00A4EE
Darker −20%#0081BB
Darker −30%#005E88
Darker −40%#003A55
More saturated +25%#22BAFF
Less saturated −25%#3EB0E3

Channel breakdown

R34
G186
B255
Red34 (13.3%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 22 · G BA · B FF

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