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Recognised as Colour

#34ACED

  • #34ACED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#34ACED is a blue with RGB values 52, 172, 237 and HSL 201°, 84%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#34ACED#34ACED
HEX#34ACED
RGBrgb(52, 172, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.6745, 0.9294
RGB percentages20.4%, 67.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(201.1, 83.7%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 78.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK78.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,452,141
CSS custom property--colour: #34ACED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#CB5312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DACF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#749BECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Sky blue · ΔE 24.3Light steelblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED7534
Analogous#34EDD1, #3450ED
Triadic#ED34AC, #ACED34
Split complementary#ED3450, #EDD134
Tetradic#D134ED, #ED7534, #50ED34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF9FE
Lighter +30%#C1E5F9
Lighter +20%#92D2F5
Lighter +10%#63BFF1
Darker −10%#1395DB
Darker −20%#0F75AC
Darker −30%#0B557D
Darker −40%#07354E
More saturated +25%#22B1FF
Less saturated −25%#50A4D1

Channel breakdown

R52
G172
B237
Red52 (20.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue201.08°
Saturation (HSL)83.71%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G AC · B ED

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