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Recognised as Colour

#39BFFD

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

#39BFFD is a cyan with RGB values 57, 191, 253 and HSL 199°, 98%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#39BFFD#39BFFD
HEX#39BFFD
RGBrgb(57, 191, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.749, 0.9922
RGB percentages22.4%, 74.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(199, 98%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 77.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK77.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,784,701
CSS custom property--colour: #39BFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.04:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#C64002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ABFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.4Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.06, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD7739
Analogous#39FDD9, #395DFD
Triadic#FD39BF, #BFFD39
Split complementary#FD395D, #FDD939
Tetradic#D939FD, #FD7739, #5DFD39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0F0FF
Lighter +20%#9EE0FE
Lighter +10%#6BCFFE
Darker −10%#07AFFC
Darker −20%#028DCE
Darker −30%#026B9B
Darker −40%#014869
More saturated +25%#37C0FF
Less saturated −25%#52B6E4

Channel breakdown

R57
G191
B253
Red57 (22.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue198.98°
Saturation (HSL)98%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 39 · G BF · B FD

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