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Recognised as Colour

#52B9EA

  • #52B9EA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#52B9EA is a cyan with RGB values 82, 185, 234 and HSL 199°, 78%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#52B9EA#52B9EA
HEX#52B9EA
RGBrgb(82, 185, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.7255, 0.9176
RGB percentages32.2%, 72.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(199.3, 78.4%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 65%, 91.8%)
CMYK65%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,421,546
CSS custom property--colour: #52B9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.49:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#AD4615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B7ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA7E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Light steelblue · ΔE 23.8Light blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8352
Analogous#52EACF, #526DEA
Triadic#EA52B9, #B9EA52
Split complementary#EA526D, #EACF52
Tetradic#CF52EA, #EA8352, #6DEA52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAF0FB
Lighter +20%#ADDEF5
Lighter +10%#7FCBF0
Darker −10%#25A7E4
Darker −20%#1789BF
Darker −30%#126891
Darker −40%#0C4864
More saturated +25%#3DC0FF
Less saturated −25%#6AB0D2

Channel breakdown

R82
G185
B234
Red82 (32.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue199.34°
Saturation (HSL)78.35%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G B9 · B EA

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