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Recognised as Colour

#35CDF9

  • #35CDF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#35CDF9 is a cyan with RGB values 53, 205, 249 and HSL 193°, 94%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#35CDF9#35CDF9
HEX#35CDF9
RGBrgb(53, 205, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.8039, 0.9765
RGB percentages20.8%, 80.4%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(193.5, 94.2%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 78.7%, 97.6%)
CMYK78.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,526,137
CSS custom property--colour: #35CDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#CA3206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.9Light blue · ΔE 26Medium turquoise · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F96135
Analogous#35F9C3, #356BF9
Triadic#F935CD, #CDF935
Split complementary#F9356B, #F9C335
Tetradic#C335F9, #F96135, #6BF935

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFF
Lighter +30%#CAF2FD
Lighter +20%#98E6FC
Lighter +10%#67D9FA
Darker −10%#07BFF4
Darker −20%#0698C2
Darker −30%#047191
Darker −40%#034A5F
More saturated +25%#2FD0FF
Less saturated −25%#4FBFDF

Channel breakdown

R53
G205
B249
Red53 (20.8%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue193.47°
Saturation (HSL)94.23%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G CD · B F9

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