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Recognised as Colour

#32BADD

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

#32BADD is a cyan with RGB values 50, 186, 221 and HSL 192°, 72%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#32BADD#32BADD
HEX#32BADD
RGBrgb(50, 186, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.7294, 0.8667
RGB percentages19.6%, 72.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(192.3, 71.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 77.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK77.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,324,637
CSS custom property--colour: #32BADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#CD4522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B5DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.1Cadetblue · ΔE 22.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5532
Analogous#32DDAB, #3264DD
Triadic#DD32BA, #BADD32
Split complementary#DD3264, #DDAB32
Tetradic#AB32DD, #DD5532, #64DD32

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5FA
Lighter +30%#B5E6F3
Lighter +20%#89D7EC
Lighter +10%#5EC9E4
Darker −10%#1F9CBD
Darker −20%#187891
Darker −30%#115465
Darker −40%#0A3039
More saturated +25%#14CCFB
Less saturated −25%#50A8BF

Channel breakdown

R50
G186
B221
Red50 (19.6%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue192.28°
Saturation (HSL)71.55%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G BA · B DD

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