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Recognised as Colour

#34B8DB

  • #34B8DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#34B8DB is a cyan with RGB values 52, 184, 219 and HSL 193°, 70%, 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

#34B8DB#34B8DB
HEX#34B8DB
RGBrgb(52, 184, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2039, 0.7216, 0.8588
RGB percentages20.4%, 72.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(192.6, 69.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 76.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK76.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,455,195
CSS custom property--colour: #34B8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#CB4724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA3DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.6Light blue · ΔE 24.9
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#DB5734
Analogous#34DBAB, #3465DB
Triadic#DB34B8, #B8DB34
Split complementary#DB3465, #DBAA34
Tetradic#AA34DB, #DB5734, #65DB34

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5FA
Lighter +30%#B6E5F2
Lighter +20%#8BD6EA
Lighter +10%#5FC7E3
Darker −10%#219BBB
Darker −20%#197790
Darker −30%#125364
Darker −40%#0A2F39
More saturated +25%#16C9F9
Less saturated −25%#52A7BD

Channel breakdown

R52
G184
B219
Red52 (20.4%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue192.57°
Saturation (HSL)69.87%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 34 · G B8 · B DB

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