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Recognised as Colour

#43B2DE

  • #43B2DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#43B2DE is a cyan with RGB values 67, 178, 222 and HSL 197°, 70%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#43B2DE#43B2DE
HEX#43B2DE
RGBrgb(67, 178, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.698, 0.8706
RGB percentages26.3%, 69.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(197, 70.1%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 69.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK69.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,436,702
CSS custom property--colour: #43B2DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#BC4D21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BAFE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Cadetblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6F43
Analogous#43DEBC, #4365DE
Triadic#DE43B2, #B2DE43
Split complementary#DE4365, #DEBD43
Tetradic#BC43DE, #DE6F43, #64DE43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F9FC
Lighter +30%#C5E7F5
Lighter +20%#9AD6ED
Lighter +10%#6EC4E6
Darker −10%#249BCA
Darker −20%#1C7A9F
Darker −30%#145974
Darker −40%#0D3748
More saturated +25%#27BEFA
Less saturated −25%#5FA6C2

Channel breakdown

R67
G178
B222
Red67 (26.3%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue197.03°
Saturation (HSL)70.14%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G B2 · B DE

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