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Recognised as Colour

#52D9E2

  • #52D9E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#52D9E2 is a cyan with RGB values 82, 217, 226 and HSL 184°, 71%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#52D9E2#52D9E2
HEX#52D9E2
RGBrgb(82, 217, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.851, 0.8863
RGB percentages32.2%, 85.1%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(183.8, 71.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 63.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK63.7%, 4%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,429,730
CSS custom property--colour: #52D9E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#AD261D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD0E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C0E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Turquoise · ΔE 15.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17.4Aqua · ΔE 18.3Cyan · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E25B52
Analogous#52E2A3, #5291E2
Triadic#E252D9, #D9E252
Split complementary#E25291, #E2A352
Tetradic#A352E2, #E25B52, #91E252

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D5F6F8
Lighter +20%#A9ECF1
Lighter +10%#7EE3E9
Darker −10%#26CFDB
Darker −20%#1EA7B0
Darker −30%#167E85
Darker −40%#0F5459
More saturated +25%#39EFFB
Less saturated −25%#6BC3C9

Channel breakdown

R82
G217
B226
Red82 (32.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue183.75°
Saturation (HSL)71.29%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 52 · G D9 · B E2

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