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Recognised as Colour

#35AFFD

  • #35AFFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#35AFFD is a blue with RGB values 53, 175, 253 and HSL 203°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#35AFFD#35AFFD
HEX#35AFFD
RGBrgb(53, 175, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.6863, 0.9922
RGB percentages20.8%, 68.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(203.4, 98%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.4, 79.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK79.1%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,518,461
CSS custom property--colour: #35AFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#CA5002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AB1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F9FFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.7Sky blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8335
Analogous#35FDE7, #354BFD
Triadic#FD35AF, #AFFD35
Split complementary#FD354B, #FDE735
Tetradic#E735FD, #FD8335, #4BFD35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CDEBFF
Lighter +20%#9AD7FE
Lighter +10%#67C3FE
Darker −10%#039BFD
Darker −20%#027CCA
Darker −30%#025D97
Darker −40%#013E65
More saturated +25%#33AFFF
Less saturated −25%#4EA9E3

Channel breakdown

R53
G175
B253
Red53 (20.8%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue203.4°
Saturation (HSL)98.04%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G AF · B FD

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