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Recognised as Colour

#39AEEF

  • #39AEEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#39AEEF is a blue with RGB values 57, 174, 239 and HSL 201°, 85%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#39AEEF#39AEEF
HEX#39AEEF
RGBrgb(57, 174, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.6824, 0.9373
RGB percentages22.4%, 68.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(201.4, 85%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 76.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK76.2%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,780,335
CSS custom property--colour: #39AEEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.47:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#C65110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FAEF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#769DEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF7A39
Analogous#39EFD5, #3953EF
Triadic#EF39AE, #AEEF39
Split complementary#EF3953, #EFD539
Tetradic#D539EF, #EF7A39, #53EF39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FBFE
Lighter +30%#C7E8FA
Lighter +20%#97D5F7
Lighter +10%#68C1F3
Darker −10%#1298E3
Darker −20%#0F79B3
Darker −30%#0B5984
Darker −40%#073955
More saturated +25%#29B3FF
Less saturated −25%#54A6D4

Channel breakdown

R57
G174
B239
Red57 (22.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue201.43°
Saturation (HSL)85.05%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G AE · B EF

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