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Recognised as Colour

#43AACB

  • #43AACB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#43AACB is a cyan with RGB values 67, 170, 203 and HSL 195°, 57%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#43AACB#43AACB
HEX#43AACB
RGBrgb(67, 170, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.6667, 0.7961
RGB percentages26.3%, 66.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(194.6, 56.7%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 67%, 79.6%)
CMYK67%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,434,635
CSS custom property--colour: #43AACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#BC5534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A6CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8498CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Dark cyan · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB6443
Analogous#43CBA8, #4366CB
Triadic#CB43AA, #AACB43
Split complementary#CB4366, #CBA843
Tetradic#A843CB, #CB6443, #66CB43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3F2F7
Lighter +30%#BBE0EC
Lighter +20%#93CEE1
Lighter +10%#6BBCD6
Darker −10%#2F8DAC
Darker −20%#246D84
Darker −30%#194C5C
Darker −40%#0E2B34
More saturated +25%#25B9E9
Less saturated −25%#619BAD

Channel breakdown

R67
G170
B203
Red67 (26.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue194.56°
Saturation (HSL)56.67%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G AA · B CB

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