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Recognised as Colour

#30ACEA

  • #30ACEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#30ACEA is a blue with RGB values 48, 172, 234 and HSL 200°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#30ACEA#30ACEA
HEX#30ACEA
RGBrgb(48, 172, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.6745, 0.9176
RGB percentages18.8%, 67.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(200, 81.6%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 79.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK79.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,189,994
CSS custom property--colour: #30ACEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#CF5315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EABEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#759AE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA6E30
Analogous#30EACB, #304FEA
Triadic#EA30AC, #ACEA30
Split complementary#EA304F, #EACB30
Tetradic#CB30EA, #EA6E30, #4FEA30

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F6FD
Lighter +30%#BBE4F8
Lighter +20%#8DD1F3
Lighter +10%#5EBFEF
Darker −10%#1593D2
Darker −20%#1172A3
Darker −30%#0C5275
Darker −40%#073247
More saturated +25%#1BB3FF
Less saturated −25%#4DA3CE

Channel breakdown

R48
G172
B234
Red48 (18.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)81.58%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G AC · B EA

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