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Recognised as Colour

#54BCD7

  • #54BCD7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#54BCD7 is a cyan with RGB values 84, 188, 215 and HSL 192°, 62%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#54BCD7#54BCD7
HEX#54BCD7
RGBrgb(84, 188, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.7373, 0.8431
RGB percentages32.9%, 73.7%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(192.4, 62.1%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 60.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK60.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,553,367
CSS custom property--colour: #54BCD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#AB4328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB7D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A9D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 20.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D76F54
Analogous#54D7B0, #547BD7
Triadic#D754BC, #BCD754
Split complementary#D7547B, #D7B054
Tetradic#B054D7, #D76F54, #7BD754

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FDFE
Lighter +30%#D0EDF4
Lighter +20%#A7DCEA
Lighter +10%#7DCCE1
Darker −10%#2FA9C9
Darker −20%#2586A0
Darker −30%#1C6476
Darker −40%#12414D
More saturated +25%#3ACCF1
Less saturated −25%#6EACBD

Channel breakdown

R84
G188
B215
Red84 (32.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue192.37°
Saturation (HSL)62.09%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 54 · G BC · B D7

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