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Recognised as Colour

#32B8DD

  • #32B8DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#32B8DD is a cyan with RGB values 50, 184, 221 and HSL 193°, 72%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#32B8DD#32B8DD
HEX#32B8DD
RGBrgb(50, 184, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.7216, 0.8667
RGB percentages19.6%, 72.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(193, 71.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 77.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK77.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,324,125
CSS custom property--colour: #32B8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#CD4722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA3DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 23.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.6Light blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5732
Analogous#32DDAD, #3262DD
Triadic#DD32B8, #B8DD32
Split complementary#DD3262, #DDAD32
Tetradic#AD32DD, #DD5732, #62DD32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5FA
Lighter +30%#B5E5F3
Lighter +20%#89D6EC
Lighter +10%#5EC7E4
Darker −10%#1F9BBD
Darker −20%#187791
Darker −30%#115365
Darker −40%#0A2F39
More saturated +25%#14C9FB
Less saturated −25%#50A7BF

Channel breakdown

R50
G184
B221
Red50 (19.6%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue192.98°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G B8 · B DD

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