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Colour

#44ACDD

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

#44ACDD is a cyan with RGB values 68, 172, 221 and HSL 199°, 69%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#44ACDD#44ACDD
HEX#44ACDD
RGBrgb(68, 172, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.6745, 0.8667
RGB percentages26.7%, 67.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(199.2, 69.2%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 69.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK69.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,500,701
CSS custom property--colour: #44ACDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#BB5322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94AADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F9BDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4Cadetblue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7544
Analogous#44DDC2, #445FDD
Triadic#DD44AC, #ACDD44
Split complementary#DD445F, #DDC144
Tetradic#C244DD, #DD7544, #60DD44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F9FC
Lighter +30%#C5E5F5
Lighter +20%#9AD2ED
Lighter +10%#6FBFE5
Darker −10%#2595C9
Darker −20%#1D759E
Darker −30%#155573
Darker −40%#0D3548
More saturated +25%#28B6F9
Less saturated −25%#60A2C1

Channel breakdown

R68
G172
B221
Red68 (26.7%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue199.22°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G AC · B DD

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