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Recognised as Colour

#39ACE2

  • #39ACE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#39ACE2 is a cyan with RGB values 57, 172, 226 and HSL 199°, 74%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#39ACE2#39ACE2
HEX#39ACE2
RGBrgb(57, 172, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.6745, 0.8863
RGB percentages22.4%, 67.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(199.2, 74.4%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 74.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK74.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,779,810
CSS custom property--colour: #39ACE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#C6531D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91AAE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B9AE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.2Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E26F39
Analogous#39E2C4, #3957E2
Triadic#E239AC, #ACE239
Split complementary#E23957, #E2C439
Tetradic#C439E2, #E26F39, #57E239

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF7FC
Lighter +30%#BEE4F6
Lighter +20%#92D1EF
Lighter +10%#65BFE9
Darker −10%#1E93CA
Darker −20%#17739E
Darker −30%#115271
Darker −40%#0A3245
More saturated +25%#1DB6FE
Less saturated −25%#55A2C6

Channel breakdown

R57
G172
B226
Red57 (22.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue199.17°
Saturation (HSL)74.45%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G AC · B E2

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