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Recognised as Colour

#29D9FA

  • #29D9FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#29D9FA is a cyan with RGB values 41, 217, 250 and HSL 189°, 95%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#29D9FA#29D9FA
HEX#29D9FA
RGBrgb(41, 217, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.851, 0.9804
RGB percentages16.1%, 85.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(189.5, 95.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 83.6%, 98%)
CMYK83.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,742,778
CSS custom property--colour: #29D9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.4:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#D62605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2D2FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Medium turquoise · ΔE 21Aqua · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 17.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA4A29
Analogous#29FAB3, #2970FA
Triadic#FA29D9, #D9FA29
Split complementary#FA2970, #FAB329
Tetradic#B329FA, #FA4A29, #70FA29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FCFF
Lighter +30%#BFF4FD
Lighter +20%#8DEBFC
Lighter +10%#5BE2FB
Darker −10%#05C6EB
Darker −20%#049CB9
Darker −30%#037287
Darker −40%#024855
More saturated +25%#24DCFF
Less saturated −25%#44C6DF

Channel breakdown

R41
G217
B250
Red41 (16.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)95.43%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 29 · G D9 · B FA

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