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Colour

#11A5E2

  • #11A5E2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#11A5E2 is a cyan with RGB values 17, 165, 226 and HSL 198°, 86%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#11A5E2#11A5E2
HEX#11A5E2
RGBrgb(17, 165, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.6471, 0.8863
RGB percentages6.7%, 64.7%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(197.5, 86%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 92.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK92.5%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,156,578
CSS custom property--colour: #11A5E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#EE5A1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D93E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.9Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Sky blue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E24E11
Analogous#11E2B6, #113DE2
Triadic#E211A5, #A5E211
Split complementary#E2113D, #E2B611
Tetradic#B611E2, #E24E11, #3DE211

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4EBFB
Lighter +30%#95DAF7
Lighter +20%#66CAF3
Lighter +10%#36BAF0
Darker −10%#0D82B3
Darker −20%#0A6083
Darker −30%#063D54
Darker −40%#031A24
More saturated +25%#00ACF3
Less saturated −25%#2F98C4

Channel breakdown

R17
G165
B226
Red17 (6.7%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue197.51°
Saturation (HSL)86.01%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 11 · G A5 · B E2

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