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Recognised as Colour

#52CBFF

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

#52CBFF is a cyan with RGB values 82, 203, 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

#52CBFF#52CBFF
HEX#52CBFF
RGBrgb(82, 203, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.7961, 1
RGB percentages32.2%, 79.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 67.8%, 100%)
CMYK67.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,426,175
CSS custom property--colour: #52CBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#AD3400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#99B7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 10.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 25.8Light steelblue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8652
Analogous#52FFDD, #5274FF
Triadic#FF52CB, #CBFF52
Split complementary#FF5274, #FFDD52
Tetradic#DD52FF, #FF8652, #74FF52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF9FF
Lighter +20%#B8EAFF
Lighter +10%#85DAFF
Darker −10%#1FBCFF
Darker −20%#00A4EB
Darker −30%#0081B8
Darker −40%#005D85
More saturated +25%#52CBFF
Less saturated −25%#68C2E9

Channel breakdown

R82
G203
B255
Red82 (32.2%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G CB · B FF

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