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Recognised as Colour

#52A9CF

  • #52A9CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#52A9CF is a cyan with RGB values 82, 169, 207 and HSL 198°, 57%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#52A9CF#52A9CF
HEX#52A9CF
RGBrgb(82, 169, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.6627, 0.8118
RGB percentages32.2%, 66.3%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(198.2, 56.6%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 60.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK60.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,417,423
CSS custom property--colour: #52A9CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#AD5630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95A6D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8499CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF7852
Analogous#52CFB7, #526ACF
Triadic#CF52A9, #A9CF52
Split complementary#CF526A, #CFB752
Tetradic#B752CF, #CF7852, #6ACF52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F8FB
Lighter +30%#CAE5F0
Lighter +20%#A2D1E5
Lighter +10%#7ABDDA
Darker −10%#3491BA
Darker −20%#297292
Darker −30%#1E536A
Darker −40%#123443
More saturated +25%#36B4EB
Less saturated −25%#6E9EB3

Channel breakdown

R82
G169
B207
Red82 (32.2%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue198.24°
Saturation (HSL)56.56%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G A9 · B CF

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