Recognised as Colour

#26DBFD

#26DBFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#26DBFD is a cyan with RGB values 38, 219, 253 and HSL 189°, 98%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#26DBFD#26DBFD

HEX#26DBFD

RGBrgb(38, 219, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.8588, 0.9922

RGB percentages14.9%, 85.9%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(189.5, 98.2%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 85%, 99.2%)

CMYK85%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,546,685

CSS custom property--colour: #26DBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#D92402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8C0FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.6 Aqua · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 17.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD4826

Analogous#26FDB4, #266FFD

Triadic#FD26DB, #DBFD26

Split complementary#FD2670, #FDB326

Tetradic#B326FD, #FD4826, #70FD26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0FDFF

Lighter +30%#BEF4FE

Lighter +20%#8BECFE

Lighter +10%#59E3FD

Darker −10%#02C9EE

Darker −20%#029EBB

Darker −30%#017389

Darker −40%#014956

More saturated +25%#24DCFF

Less saturated −25%#41C8E2

Channel breakdown

R38

G219

B253

Red38 (14.9%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue189.49°

Saturation (HSL)98.17%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G DB · B FD

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