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Recognised as Colour

#61CAEE

  • #61CAEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#61CAEE is a cyan with RGB values 97, 202, 238 and HSL 195°, 81%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#61CAEE#61CAEE
HEX#61CAEE
RGBrgb(97, 202, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7922, 0.9333
RGB percentages38%, 79.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(195.3, 80.6%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 59.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK59.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,408,942
CSS custom property--colour: #61CAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#9E3511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C6F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Light skyblue · ΔE 9.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light blue · ΔE 19.4Powder blue · ΔE 22Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE8561
Analogous#61EECC, #6183EE
Triadic#EE61CA, #CAEE61
Split complementary#EE6184, #EECC61
Tetradic#CB61EE, #EE8561, #84EE61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF8FD
Lighter +20%#BDE9F8
Lighter +10%#8FD9F3
Darker −10%#33BBE9
Darker −20%#17A2D2
Darker −30%#127FA4
Darker −40%#0D5B76
More saturated +25%#50D2FF
Less saturated −25%#77BFD8

Channel breakdown

R97
G202
B238
Red97 (38%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue195.32°
Saturation (HSL)80.57%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G CA · B EE

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