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Recognised as Colour

#35ABE2

  • #35ABE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#35ABE2 is a cyan with RGB values 53, 171, 226 and HSL 199°, 75%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#35ABE2#35ABE2
HEX#35ABE2
RGBrgb(53, 171, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.6706, 0.8863
RGB percentages20.8%, 67.1%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(199.1, 74.9%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 76.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK76.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,517,410
CSS custom property--colour: #35ABE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#CA541D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90AAE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7999E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E26C35
Analogous#35E2C3, #3554E2
Triadic#E235AB, #ABE235
Split complementary#E23555, #E2C335
Tetradic#C235E2, #E26C35, #54E235

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F5FC
Lighter +30%#BBE3F5
Lighter +20%#8ED0EF
Lighter +10%#62BEE8
Darker −10%#1D91C7
Darker −20%#16719B
Darker −30%#10506E
Darker −40%#093042
More saturated +25%#18B6FF
Less saturated −25%#52A0C5

Channel breakdown

R53
G171
B226
Red53 (20.8%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue199.08°
Saturation (HSL)74.89%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G AB · B E2

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