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Recognised as Colour

#43B7DC

  • #43B7DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#43B7DC is a cyan with RGB values 67, 183, 220 and HSL 195°, 69%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#43B7DC#43B7DC
HEX#43B7DC
RGBrgb(67, 183, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.7176, 0.8627
RGB percentages26.3%, 71.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(194.5, 68.6%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 69.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK69.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,437,980
CSS custom property--colour: #43B7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#BC4823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA3DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 22.3Light blue · ΔE 23.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC6843
Analogous#43DCB5, #436ADC
Triadic#DC43B7, #B7DC43
Split complementary#DC436A, #DCB443
Tetradic#B543DC, #DC6843, #6BDC43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF9FC
Lighter +30%#C4E8F4
Lighter +20%#99D8EC
Lighter +10%#6EC7E4
Darker −10%#25A0C7
Darker −20%#1D7D9C
Darker −30%#155B71
Darker −40%#0D3846
More saturated +25%#27C5F8
Less saturated −25%#5FA9C0

Channel breakdown

R67
G183
B220
Red67 (26.3%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue194.51°
Saturation (HSL)68.61%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G B7 · B DC

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