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Recognised as Colour

#57C9FF

  • #57C9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#57C9FF is a cyan with RGB values 87, 201, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#57C9FF#57C9FF
HEX#57C9FF
RGBrgb(87, 201, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.7882, 1
RGB percentages34.1%, 78.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.3, 100%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 65.9%, 100%)
CMYK65.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,753,343
CSS custom property--colour: #57C9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#A83600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6Light blue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8D57
Analogous#57FFE1, #5775FF
Triadic#FF57C9, #C9FF57
Split complementary#FF5775, #FFE157
Tetradic#E157FF, #FF8D57, #75FF57

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FAFF
Lighter +20%#BDEAFF
Lighter +10%#8AD9FF
Darker −10%#24B9FF
Darker −20%#00A3F0
Darker −30%#0080BD
Darker −40%#005E8A
More saturated +25%#57C9FF
Less saturated −25%#6CC1EA

Channel breakdown

R87
G201
B255
Red87 (34.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 57 · G C9 · B FF

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