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Recognised as Colour

#43B9FF

  • #43B9FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#43B9FF is a blue with RGB values 67, 185, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#43B9FF#43B9FF
HEX#43B9FF
RGBrgb(67, 185, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.7255, 1
RGB percentages26.3%, 72.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(202.3, 100%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.3, 73.7%, 100%)
CMYK73.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,438,527
CSS custom property--colour: #43B9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#BC4600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8943
Analogous#43FFE7, #435BFF
Triadic#FF43B9, #B9FF43
Split complementary#FF435B, #FFE743
Tetradic#E743FF, #FF8943, #5BFF43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF2FF
Lighter +20%#A9DFFF
Lighter +10%#76CCFF
Darker −10%#10A6FF
Darker −20%#008ADC
Darker −30%#006AA9
Darker −40%#004A76
More saturated +25%#43B9FF
Less saturated −25%#5AB3E8

Channel breakdown

R67
G185
B255
Red67 (26.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue202.34°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G B9 · B FF

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