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Recognised as Colour

#44AAD6

  • #44AAD6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#44AAD6 is a cyan with RGB values 68, 170, 214 and HSL 198°, 64%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#44AAD6#44AAD6
HEX#44AAD6
RGBrgb(68, 170, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6667, 0.8392
RGB percentages26.7%, 66.7%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(198.1, 64%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 68.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK68.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,500,182
CSS custom property--colour: #44AAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#BB5529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A8D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F99D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Cadetblue · ΔE 24.3Light steelblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D67044
Analogous#44D6B9, #4461D6
Triadic#D644AA, #AAD644
Split complementary#D64461, #D6B944
Tetradic#B944D6, #D67044, #61D644

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF6FB
Lighter +30%#C1E3F2
Lighter +20%#98D0E8
Lighter +10%#6EBDDF
Darker −10%#2A91BD
Darker −20%#207194
Darker −30%#17516A
Darker −40%#0E3140
More saturated +25%#28B5F3
Less saturated −25%#619FBA

Channel breakdown

R68
G170
B214
Red68 (26.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue198.08°
Saturation (HSL)64.04%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G AA · B D6

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