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Recognised as Colour

#32CAE3

  • #32CAE3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#32CAE3 is a cyan with RGB values 50, 202, 227 and HSL 188°, 76%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#32CAE3#32CAE3
HEX#32CAE3
RGBrgb(50, 202, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.1961, 0.7922, 0.8902
RGB percentages19.6%, 79.2%, 89%
HSLhsl(188.5, 76%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 78%, 89%)
CMYK78%, 11%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,328,739
CSS custom property--colour: #32CAE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#CD351C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C3E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB2E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3Light seagreen · ΔE 20.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E34B32
Analogous#32E3A3, #3272E3
Triadic#E332CA, #CAE332
Split complementary#E33272, #E3A332
Tetradic#A332E3, #E34B32, #72E332

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5F8FC
Lighter +30%#B9EDF5
Lighter +20%#8CE1EF
Lighter +10%#5FD6E9
Darker −10%#1BAFC7
Darker −20%#15879A
Darker −30%#0F606D
Darker −40%#093840
More saturated +25%#16DEFF
Less saturated −25%#4FB5C6

Channel breakdown

R50
G202
B227
Red50 (19.6%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue188.47°
Saturation (HSL)75.97%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 32 · G CA · B E3

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