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Recognised as Colour

#61A8FF

  • #61A8FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#61A8FF is a blue with RGB values 97, 168, 255 and HSL 213°, 100%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#61A8FF#61A8FF
HEX#61A8FF
RGBrgb(97, 168, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.6588, 1
RGB percentages38%, 65.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(213, 100%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 62%, 100%)
CMYK62%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,400,255
CSS custom property--colour: #61A8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.55:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#9E5700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83AEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D9EFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3Royal blue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB861
Analogous#61F7FF, #6961FF
Triadic#FF61A8, #A8FF61
Split complementary#FF6961, #F7FF61
Tetradic#FF61F7, #FFB861, #61FF69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFCFF
Lighter +20%#C7E0FF
Lighter +10%#94C4FF
Darker −10%#2E8CFF
Darker −20%#0070FA
Darker −30%#0059C7
Darker −40%#004394
More saturated +25%#61A8FF
Less saturated −25%#75AAEB

Channel breakdown

R97
G168
B255
Red97 (38%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue213.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G A8 · B FF

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