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Recognised as Colour

#44CDDD

  • #44CDDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#44CDDD is a cyan with RGB values 68, 205, 221 and HSL 186°, 69%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#44CDDD#44CDDD
HEX#44CDDD
RGBrgb(68, 205, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.8039, 0.8667
RGB percentages26.7%, 80.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(186.3, 69.2%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 69.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK69.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,509,149
CSS custom property--colour: #44CDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#BB3222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC5DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Light seagreen · ΔE 17.3Turquoise · ΔE 20.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5444
Analogous#44DDA0, #4481DD
Triadic#DD44CD, #CDDD44
Split complementary#DD4481, #DDA044
Tetradic#A044DD, #DD5444, #81DD44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FBFC
Lighter +30%#C5F0F5
Lighter +20%#9AE4ED
Lighter +10%#6FD9E5
Darker −10%#25B8C9
Darker −20%#1D919E
Darker −30%#156973
Darker −40%#0D4248
More saturated +25%#28E3F9
Less saturated −25%#60B7C1

Channel breakdown

R68
G205
B221
Red68 (26.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue186.27°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G CD · B DD

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