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Recognised as Colour

#50B6EA

  • #50B6EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#50B6EA is a blue with RGB values 80, 182, 234 and HSL 200°, 79%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#50B6EA#50B6EA
HEX#50B6EA
RGBrgb(80, 182, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.7137, 0.9176
RGB percentages31.4%, 71.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(200.3, 78.6%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 65.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK65.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,289,706
CSS custom property--colour: #50B6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#AF4915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 24.5Light blue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8450
Analogous#50EAD1, #5069EA
Triadic#EA50B6, #B6EA50
Split complementary#EA5069, #EAD150
Tetradic#D150EA, #EA8450, #69EA50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D9EFFA
Lighter +20%#ABDCF5
Lighter +10%#7EC9EF
Darker −10%#22A3E5
Darker −20%#1785BD
Darker −30%#116590
Darker −40%#0C4562
More saturated +25%#3BBDFF
Less saturated −25%#69AED2

Channel breakdown

R80
G182
B234
Red80 (31.4%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue200.26°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G B6 · B EA

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