Recognised as Colour

#52CCF9

#52CCF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#52CCF9 is a cyan with RGB values 82, 204, 249 and HSL 196°, 93%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#52CCF9#52CCF9

HEX#52CCF9

RGBrgb(82, 204, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.8, 0.9765

RGB percentages32.2%, 80%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(196.2, 93.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 67.1%, 97.6%)

CMYK67.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,426,425

CSS custom property--colour: #52CCF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#AD3306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4C8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CB7F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00D9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 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 text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.4 Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.7 Sky blue · ΔE 12.2 Light blue · ΔE 23.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4 Powder blue · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F97F52

Analogous#52F9D3, #5278F9

Triadic#F952CC, #CCF952

Split complementary#F95278, #F9D252

Tetradic#D352F9, #F97F52, #79F952

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6F8FE

Lighter +20%#B5E9FC

Lighter +10%#83DBFB

Darker −10%#21BDF7

Darker −20%#08A4DD

Darker −30%#067FAC

Darker −40%#045B7B

More saturated +25%#4CCFFF

Less saturated −25%#68C2E3

Channel breakdown

R82

G204

B249

Red82 (32.2%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue196.17°

Saturation (HSL)93.3%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G CC · B F9

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