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Recognised as Colour

#36D3FD

  • #36D3FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#36D3FD is a cyan with RGB values 54, 211, 253 and HSL 193°, 98%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#36D3FD#36D3FD
HEX#36D3FD
RGBrgb(54, 211, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.8275, 0.9922
RGB percentages21.2%, 82.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(192.7, 98%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 78.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK78.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,593,213
CSS custom property--colour: #36D3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.89:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#C92C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BACEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.4Light blue · ΔE 25.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD6036
Analogous#36FDC4, #366FFD
Triadic#FD36D3, #D3FD36
Split complementary#FD366F, #FDC436
Tetradic#C436FD, #FD6036, #6FFD36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CDF4FF
Lighter +20%#9BE9FE
Lighter +10%#68DEFE
Darker −10%#04C8FC
Darker −20%#02A1CB
Darker −30%#027998
Darker −40%#015166
More saturated +25%#34D4FF
Less saturated −25%#4FC4E4

Channel breakdown

R54
G211
B253
Red54 (21.2%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue192.66°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G D3 · B FD

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