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Recognised as Colour

#43B4DC

  • #43B4DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#43B4DC is a cyan with RGB values 67, 180, 220 and HSL 196°, 69%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#43B4DC#43B4DC
HEX#43B4DC
RGBrgb(67, 180, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.7059, 0.8627
RGB percentages26.3%, 70.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(195.7, 68.6%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 69.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK69.5%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,437,212
CSS custom property--colour: #43B4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#BC4B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#89A1DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC6B43
Analogous#43DCB8, #4367DC
Triadic#DC43B4, #B4DC43
Split complementary#DC4367, #DCB843
Tetradic#B843DC, #DC6B43, #68DC43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF9FC
Lighter +30%#C4E7F4
Lighter +20%#99D6EC
Lighter +10%#6EC5E4
Darker −10%#259DC7
Darker −20%#1D7B9C
Darker −30%#155971
Darker −40%#0D3746
More saturated +25%#27C1F8
Less saturated −25%#5FA7C0

Channel breakdown

R67
G180
B220
Red67 (26.3%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue195.69°
Saturation (HSL)68.61%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G B4 · B DC

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