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Recognised as Colour

#39A9DF

  • #39A9DF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#39A9DF is a cyan with RGB values 57, 169, 223 and HSL 200°, 72%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#39A9DF#39A9DF
HEX#39A9DF
RGBrgb(57, 169, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.6627, 0.8745
RGB percentages22.4%, 66.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(199.5, 72.2%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 74.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK74.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,779,039
CSS custom property--colour: #39A9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#C65620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FA8E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7898DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7BBno 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 text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF6F39
Analogous#39DFC2, #3956DF
Triadic#DF39A9, #A9DF39
Split complementary#DF3956, #DFC239
Tetradic#C239DF, #DF6F39, #56DF39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F5FB
Lighter +30%#BDE2F4
Lighter +20%#91CFED
Lighter +10%#65BCE6
Darker −10%#208FC5
Darker −20%#196F99
Darker −30%#12506D
Darker −40%#0B3041
More saturated +25%#1CB3FC
Less saturated −25%#569FC2

Channel breakdown

R57
G169
B223
Red57 (22.4%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue199.52°
Saturation (HSL)72.17%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G A9 · B DF

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