Recognised as Colour

#52CDF9

#52CDF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#52CDF9 is a cyan with RGB values 82, 205, 249 and HSL 196°, 93%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#52CDF9#52CDF9

HEX#52CDF9

RGBrgb(82, 205, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.8039, 0.9765

RGB percentages32.2%, 80.4%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(195.8, 93.3%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 67.1%, 97.6%)

CMYK67.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,426,681

CSS custom property--colour: #52CDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#AD3206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5C9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EB8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00DADBno 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 text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7 Sky blue · ΔE 12.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.4 Light blue · ΔE 23.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 25.5 Powder blue · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F97E52

Analogous#52F9D2, #527AF9

Triadic#F952CD, #CDF952

Split complementary#F9527A, #F9D252

Tetradic#D252F9, #F97E52, #7AF952

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%#21BFF7

Darker −20%#08A5DD

Darker −30%#0680AC

Darker −40%#045C7B

More saturated +25%#4CD0FF

Less saturated −25%#68C2E3

Channel breakdown

R82

G205

B249

Red82 (32.2%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue195.81°

Saturation (HSL)93.3%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 52 · G CD · B F9

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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