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Recognised as Colour

#43AFDF

  • #43AFDF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#43AFDF is a cyan with RGB values 67, 175, 223 and HSL 198°, 71%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#43AFDF#43AFDF
HEX#43AFDF
RGBrgb(67, 175, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.6863, 0.8745
RGB percentages26.3%, 68.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(198.5, 70.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 70%, 87.5%)
CMYK70%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,435,935
CSS custom property--colour: #43AFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#BC5020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97ADE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#819DDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4Cadetblue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF7343
Analogous#43DFC1, #4361DF
Triadic#DF43AF, #AFDF43
Split complementary#DF4361, #DFC143
Tetradic#C143DF, #DF7343, #61DF43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F9FD
Lighter +30%#C6E7F5
Lighter +20%#9AD4EE
Lighter +10%#6FC2E6
Darker −10%#2398CC
Darker −20%#1B78A1
Darker −30%#145775
Darker −40%#0D3749
More saturated +25%#27BAFB
Less saturated −25%#5FA4C3

Channel breakdown

R67
G175
B223
Red67 (26.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)70.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G AF · B DF

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