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Recognised as Colour

#52BEE9

  • #52BEE9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#52BEE9 is a cyan with RGB values 82, 190, 233 and HSL 197°, 77%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#52BEE9#52BEE9
HEX#52BEE9
RGBrgb(82, 190, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.7451, 0.9137
RGB percentages32.2%, 74.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(197.1, 77.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 64.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK64.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,422,825
CSS custom property--colour: #52BEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#AD4116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BBEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ABE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E97D52
Analogous#52E9C8, #5273E9
Triadic#E952BE, #BEE952
Split complementary#E95273, #E9C852
Tetradic#C852E9, #E97D52, #73E952

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAF1FA
Lighter +20%#ACE0F5
Lighter +10%#7FCFEF
Darker −10%#25ADE3
Darker −20%#188EBD
Darker −30%#126C90
Darker −40%#0D4A62
More saturated +25%#3CC7FF
Less saturated −25%#6AB4D1

Channel breakdown

R82
G190
B233
Red82 (32.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue197.09°
Saturation (HSL)77.44%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G BE · B E9

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