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Recognised as Colour

#54BCDE

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

#54BCDE is a cyan with RGB values 84, 188, 222 and HSL 195°, 68%, 60%. 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

#54BCDE#54BCDE
HEX#54BCDE
RGBrgb(84, 188, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.7373, 0.8706
RGB percentages32.9%, 73.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(194.8, 67.6%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 62.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK62.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,553,374
CSS custom property--colour: #54BCDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#AB4321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 12.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 21Cadetblue · ΔE 21.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE7654
Analogous#54DEBB, #5477DE
Triadic#DE54BC, #BCDE54
Split complementary#DE5477, #DEBB54
Tetradic#BB54DE, #DE7654, #77DE54

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4EEF7
Lighter +20%#AADDEF
Lighter +10%#7FCDE6
Darker −10%#29ABD6
Darker −20%#2189AB
Darker −30%#196780
Darker −40%#104456
More saturated +25%#3AC9F8
Less saturated −25%#6DAFC5

Channel breakdown

R84
G188
B222
Red84 (32.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue194.78°
Saturation (HSL)67.65%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 54 · G BC · B DE

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