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Recognised as Colour

#35B4DD

  • #35B4DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#35B4DD is a cyan with RGB values 53, 180, 221 and HSL 195°, 71%, 54%. 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

#35B4DD#35B4DD
HEX#35B4DD
RGBrgb(53, 180, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.7059, 0.8667
RGB percentages20.8%, 70.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(194.6, 71.2%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 76%, 86.7%)
CMYK76%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,519,709
CSS custom property--colour: #35B4DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#CA4B22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB0DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 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 text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Steel blue · ΔE 23Cadetblue · ΔE 24.1Light blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5E35
Analogous#35DDB2, #3560DD
Triadic#DD35B4, #B4DD35
Split complementary#DD3560, #DDB235
Tetradic#B235DD, #DD5E35, #60DD35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F5FA
Lighter +30%#B8E5F3
Lighter +20%#8CD4EC
Lighter +10%#61C4E4
Darker −10%#2098BF
Darker −20%#197593
Darker −30%#115368
Darker −40%#0A303C
More saturated +25%#17C3FB
Less saturated −25%#52A5C0

Channel breakdown

R53
G180
B221
Red53 (20.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue194.64°
Saturation (HSL)71.19%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G B4 · B DD

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