Recognised as Colour

#31D2EA

#31D2EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#31D2EA is a cyan with RGB values 49, 210, 234 and HSL 188°, 81%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#31D2EA

RGBrgb(49, 210, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.1922, 0.8235, 0.9176

RGB percentages19.2%, 82.4%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(187.8, 81.5%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.8, 79.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK79.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,265,258

CSS custom property--colour: #31D2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#CE2D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#A5B8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Sky blue · ΔE 17.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.7 Aqua · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EA4931

Analogous#31EAA5, #3176EA

Triadic#EA31D2, #D2EA31

Split complementary#EA3176, #EAA531

Tetradic#A531EA, #EA4931, #76EA31

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAFAFD

Lighter +30%#BCF0F8

Lighter +20%#8EE6F3

Lighter +10%#5FDCEF

Darker −10%#15BAD3

Darker −20%#1191A4

Darker −30%#0C6876

Darker −40%#073F48

More saturated +25%#1CE2FF

Less saturated −25%#4DBDCE

Channel breakdown

R49

G210

B234

Red49 (19.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue187.78°

Saturation (HSL)81.5%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 31 · G D2 · B EA

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