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Recognised as Colour

#30CDEE

  • #30CDEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#30CDEE is a cyan with RGB values 48, 205, 238 and HSL 190°, 85%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#30CDEE#30CDEE
HEX#30CDEE
RGBrgb(48, 205, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.1882, 0.8039, 0.9333
RGB percentages18.8%, 80.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(190.4, 84.8%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 79.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK79.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,198,446
CSS custom property--colour: #30CDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.09:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#CF3211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE5130
Analogous#30EEB0, #306EEE
Triadic#EE30CD, #CDEE30
Split complementary#EE306E, #EEB030
Tetradic#B030EE, #EE5130, #6EEE30

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFBFD
Lighter +30%#BDEFFA
Lighter +20%#8EE4F6
Lighter +10%#5FD8F2
Darker −10%#12B7D9
Darker −20%#0E8FAA
Darker −30%#0A677B
Darker −40%#06404C
More saturated +25%#1FD8FF
Less saturated −25%#4CBBD2

Channel breakdown

R48
G205
B238
Red48 (18.8%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue190.42°
Saturation (HSL)84.82%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 30 · G CD · B EE

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