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Recognised as Colour

#40BED3

  • #40BED3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#40BED3 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 190, 211 and HSL 189°, 63%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#40BED3#40BED3
HEX#40BED3
RGBrgb(64, 190, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.7451, 0.8275
RGB percentages25.1%, 74.5%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(188.6, 62.6%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 69.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK69.7%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,243,155
CSS custom property--colour: #40BED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#BF412C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB7D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A8D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D35540
Analogous#40D39E, #4075D3
Triadic#D340BE, #BED340
Split complementary#D34075, #D39E40
Tetradic#9E40D3, #D35540, #75D340

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F6F9
Lighter +30%#BCE8F0
Lighter +20%#93DAE6
Lighter +10%#69CCDD
Darker −10%#2AA2B6
Darker −20%#207D8D
Darker −30%#175863
Darker −40%#0D333A
More saturated +25%#23D3F0
Less saturated −25%#5DA9B6

Channel breakdown

R64
G190
B211
Red64 (25.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)62.55%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G BE · B D3

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