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Recognised as Colour

#24D5FA

  • #24D5FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#24D5FA is a cyan with RGB values 36, 213, 250 and HSL 190°, 96%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#24D5FA#24D5FA
HEX#24D5FA
RGBrgb(36, 213, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.1412, 0.8353, 0.9804
RGB percentages14.1%, 83.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(190.4, 95.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 85.6%, 98%)
CMYK85.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,414,074
CSS custom property--colour: #24D5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.97:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#DB2A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCEFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BBFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 20Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.1Light blue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA4924
Analogous#24FAB4, #246AFA
Triadic#FA24D5, #D5FA24
Split complementary#FA246A, #FAB424
Tetradic#B424FA, #FA4924, #6AFA24

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBFBFF
Lighter +30%#BAF2FD
Lighter +20%#88E8FC
Lighter +10%#56DFFB
Darker −10%#05BFE6
Darker −20%#0495B4
Darker −30%#036C82
Darker −40%#024350
More saturated +25%#1FD8FF
Less saturated −25%#40C3DE

Channel breakdown

R36
G213
B250
Red36 (14.1%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue190.37°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 24 · G D5 · B FA

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