Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#57BEDF

  • #57BEDF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#57BEDF is a cyan with RGB values 87, 190, 223 and HSL 195°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#57BEDF#57BEDF
HEX#57BEDF
RGBrgb(87, 190, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.7451, 0.8745
RGB percentages34.1%, 74.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(194.6, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK61%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,750,495
CSS custom property--colour: #57BEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#A84120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBAE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#97ABDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 20.3Cadetblue · ΔE 21.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF7857
Analogous#57DFBC, #577ADF
Triadic#DF57BE, #BEDF57
Split complementary#DF577A, #DFBC57
Tetradic#BC57DF, #DF7857, #7ADF57

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8F0F7
Lighter +20%#ADDFEF
Lighter +10%#82CFE7
Darker −10%#2CADD7
Darker −20%#218CAF
Darker −30%#196A84
Darker −40%#114859
More saturated +25%#3ECBF8
Less saturated −25%#70B1C6

Channel breakdown

R87
G190
B223
Red87 (34.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue194.56°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G BE · B DF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “57bedf” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.