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Recognised as Colour

#36DFFD

  • #36DFFD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#36DFFD is a cyan with RGB values 54, 223, 253 and HSL 189°, 98%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#36DFFD#36DFFD
HEX#36DFFD
RGBrgb(54, 223, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.8745, 0.9922
RGB percentages21.2%, 87.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(189, 98%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 78.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK78.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,596,285
CSS custom property--colour: #36DFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#C92002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEC4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Light skyblue · ΔE 21.1Aqua · ΔE 22.4Cyan · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD5436
Analogous#36FDB8, #367BFD
Triadic#FD36DF, #DFFD36
Split complementary#FD367B, #FDB836
Tetradic#B836FD, #FD5436, #7BFD36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#CDF7FF
Lighter +20%#9BEFFE
Lighter +10%#68E7FE
Darker −10%#04D7FC
Darker −20%#02ADCB
Darker −30%#028298
Darker −40%#015766
More saturated +25%#34E0FF
Less saturated −25%#4FCDE4

Channel breakdown

R54
G223
B253
Red54 (21.2%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue189.05°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G DF · B FD

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