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Colour

#39B4DA

  • #39B4DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#39B4DA is a cyan with RGB values 57, 180, 218 and HSL 194°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#39B4DA#39B4DA
HEX#39B4DA
RGBrgb(57, 180, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.7059, 0.8549
RGB percentages22.4%, 70.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(194.2, 68.5%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 73.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK73.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,781,850
CSS custom property--colour: #39B4DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#C64B25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Light blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA5F39
Analogous#39DAAF, #3964DA
Triadic#DA39B4, #B4DA39
Split complementary#DA3964, #DAAF39
Tetradic#AF39DA, #DA5F39, #64DA39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5F5FA
Lighter +30%#BAE5F2
Lighter +20%#8FD5EA
Lighter +10%#64C4E2
Darker −10%#2399BD
Darker −20%#1B7692
Darker −30%#135367
Darker −40%#0B303C
More saturated +25%#1CC4F7
Less saturated −25%#56A4BD

Channel breakdown

R57
G180
B218
Red57 (22.4%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue194.16°
Saturation (HSL)68.51%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G B4 · B DA

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