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Recognised as Colour

#39A8C8

  • #39A8C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#39A8C8 is a cyan with RGB values 57, 168, 200 and HSL 193°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#39A8C8#39A8C8
HEX#39A8C8
RGBrgb(57, 168, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.6588, 0.7843
RGB percentages22.4%, 65.9%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(193.4, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.4, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK71.5%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,778,760
CSS custom property--colour: #39A8C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#C65737

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95A4CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8195C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Dark cyan · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C85939
Analogous#39C8A1, #3960C8
Triadic#C839A8, #A8C839
Split complementary#C83960, #C8A139
Tetradic#A139C8, #C85939, #60C839

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9EEF4
Lighter +30%#B1DDE9
Lighter +20%#89CBDE
Lighter +10%#61BAD3
Darker −10%#2D87A1
Darker −20%#226679
Darker −30%#174451
Darker −40%#0C2329
More saturated +25%#19B9E8
Less saturated −25%#5997A8

Channel breakdown

R57
G168
B200
Red57 (22.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue193.43°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G A8 · B C8

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