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Colour

#61BAE0

  • #61BAE0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#61BAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 97, 186, 224 and HSL 198°, 67%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#61BAE0#61BAE0
HEX#61BAE0
RGBrgb(97, 186, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7294, 0.8784
RGB percentages38%, 72.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(198, 67.2%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 56.7%, 87.8%)
CMYK56.7%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,404,832
CSS custom property--colour: #61BAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#9E451F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B7E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A9E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1Light blue · ΔE 20.5Cadetblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E08761
Analogous#61E0C7, #617AE0
Triadic#E061BA, #BAE061
Split complementary#E0617A, #E0C761
Tetradic#C761E0, #E08761, #7AE061

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F2F9
Lighter +20%#B6DFF1
Lighter +10%#8CCDE8
Darker −10%#36A7D8
Darker −20%#248BB7
Darker −30%#1C6B8C
Darker −40%#134A62
More saturated +25%#49C3F8
Less saturated −25%#79B1C8

Channel breakdown

R97
G186
B224
Red97 (38%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue197.95°
Saturation (HSL)67.2%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G BA · B E0

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