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Recognised as Colour

#36B4EB

  • #36B4EB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#36B4EB is a cyan with RGB values 54, 180, 235 and HSL 198°, 82%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#36B4EB#36B4EB
HEX#36B4EB
RGBrgb(54, 180, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.7059, 0.9216
RGB percentages21.2%, 70.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(198.2, 81.9%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 77%, 92.2%)
CMYK77%, 23.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,585,259
CSS custom property--colour: #36B4EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#C94B14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#80A1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Light steelblue · ΔE 27.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB6D36
Analogous#36EBC7, #365AEB
Triadic#EB36B4, #B4EB36
Split complementary#EB365A, #EBC736
Tetradic#C736EB, #EB6D36, #5AEB36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F9FD
Lighter +30%#C1E8F9
Lighter +20%#93D7F4
Lighter +10%#64C5F0
Darker −10%#169DD8
Darker −20%#117CAA
Darker −30%#0C5A7C
Darker −40%#08384D
More saturated +25%#22BCFF
Less saturated −25%#52A9CF

Channel breakdown

R54
G180
B235
Red54 (21.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue198.23°
Saturation (HSL)81.9%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G B4 · B EB

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