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Recognised as Colour

#61B7E8

  • #61B7E8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#61B7E8 is a blue with RGB values 97, 183, 232 and HSL 202°, 75%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#61B7E8#61B7E8
HEX#61B7E8
RGBrgb(97, 183, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7176, 0.9098
RGB percentages38%, 71.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(201.8, 74.6%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 58.2%, 91%)
CMYK58.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,404,072
CSS custom property--colour: #61B7E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#9E4817

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA8E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Light blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E89261
Analogous#61E8D6, #6173E8
Triadic#E861B7, #B7E861
Split complementary#E86173, #E8D661
Tetradic#D661E8, #E89261, #73E861

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F4FB
Lighter +20%#BAE0F5
Lighter +10%#8ECBEE
Darker −10%#34A3E2
Darker −20%#1D89C6
Darker −30%#166A9A
Darker −40%#104B6D
More saturated +25%#4ABDFF
Less saturated −25%#78B1D1

Channel breakdown

R97
G183
B232
Red97 (38%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue201.78°
Saturation (HSL)74.59%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G B7 · B E8

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