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Recognised as Colour

#52D5DE

  • #52D5DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#52D5DE is a cyan with RGB values 82, 213, 222 and HSL 184°, 68%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#52D5DE#52D5DE
HEX#52D5DE
RGBrgb(82, 213, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.8353, 0.8706
RGB percentages32.2%, 83.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(183.9, 68%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.9, 63.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK63.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,428,702
CSS custom property--colour: #52D5DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#AD2A21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CCDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BCDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4Turquoise · ΔE 16Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE5B52
Analogous#52DEA1, #528FDE
Triadic#DE52D5, #D5DE52
Split complementary#DE528F, #DEA152
Tetradic#A152DE, #DE5B52, #8FDE52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFFFF
Lighter +30%#D2F4F7
Lighter +20%#A8EAEE
Lighter +10%#7DDFE6
Darker −10%#29C9D4
Darker −20%#20A1AA
Darker −30%#18787F
Darker −40%#105054
More saturated +25%#38EBF8
Less saturated −25%#6CBFC4

Channel breakdown

R82
G213
B222
Red82 (32.2%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue183.86°
Saturation (HSL)67.96%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G D5 · B DE

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