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Recognised as Colour

#26ABDD

  • #26ABDD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#26ABDD is a cyan with RGB values 38, 171, 221 and HSL 196°, 73%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#26ABDD#26ABDD
HEX#26ABDD
RGBrgb(38, 171, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.6706, 0.8667
RGB percentages14.9%, 67.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(196.4, 72.9%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 82.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK82.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,534,365
CSS custom property--colour: #26ABDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#D95422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91A9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7998DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 18.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.4Cadetblue · ΔE 27.9Light steelblue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5826
Analogous#26DDB4, #264FDD
Triadic#DD26AB, #ABDD26
Split complementary#DD2650, #DDB426
Tetradic#B326DD, #DD5826, #4FDD26

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EFF9
Lighter +30%#AADEF2
Lighter +20%#7ECDEB
Lighter +10%#52BCE4
Darker −10%#1C8AB4
Darker −20%#156888
Darker −30%#0E475C
Darker −40%#072530
More saturated +25%#07B9FC
Less saturated −25%#459DBE

Channel breakdown

R38
G171
B221
Red38 (14.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue196.39°
Saturation (HSL)72.91%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 26 · G AB · B DD

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