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Colour

#52CAFF

  • #52CAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#52CAFF is a cyan with RGB values 82, 202, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#52CAFF#52CAFF
HEX#52CAFF
RGBrgb(82, 202, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.7922, 1
RGB percentages32.2%, 79.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.4, 100%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 67.8%, 100%)
CMYK67.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,425,919
CSS custom property--colour: #52CAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#AD3500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8Light skyblue · ΔE 10.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 26.1Light steelblue · ΔE 26.2Steel blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8752
Analogous#52FFDD, #5274FF
Triadic#FF52CA, #CAFF52
Split complementary#FF5274, #FFDE52
Tetradic#DD52FF, #FF8752, #74FF52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF9FF
Lighter +20%#B8E9FF
Lighter +10%#85DAFF
Darker −10%#1FBAFF
Darker −20%#00A3EB
Darker −30%#0080B8
Darker −40%#005C85
More saturated +25%#52CAFF
Less saturated −25%#68C2E9

Channel breakdown

R82
G202
B255
Red82 (32.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G CA · B FF

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