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Recognised as Colour

#52ADCF

  • #52ADCF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#52ADCF is a cyan with RGB values 82, 173, 207 and HSL 196°, 57%, 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 Sky blue.

Colour values

#52ADCF#52ADCF
HEX#52ADCF
RGBrgb(82, 173, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.6784, 0.8118
RGB percentages32.2%, 67.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(196.3, 56.6%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 60.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK60.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,418,447
CSS custom property--colour: #52ADCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.24:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#AD5230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AAAD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#899CCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF7452
Analogous#52CFB2, #526FCF
Triadic#CF52AD, #ADCF52
Split complementary#CF526F, #CFB352
Tetradic#B252CF, #CF7452, #6FCF52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F9FB
Lighter +30%#CAE6F0
Lighter +20%#A2D3E5
Lighter +10%#7AC0DA
Darker −10%#3496BA
Darker −20%#297692
Darker −30%#1E566A
Darker −40%#123543
More saturated +25%#36BAEB
Less saturated −25%#6EA0B3

Channel breakdown

R82
G173
B207
Red82 (32.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue196.32°
Saturation (HSL)56.56%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G AD · B CF

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