Colour

#61CAEF

#61CAEF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#61CAEF is a cyan with RGB values 97, 202, 239 and HSL 196°, 82%, 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

#61CAEF#61CAEF

HEX#61CAEF

RGBrgb(97, 202, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7922, 0.9373

RGB percentages38%, 79.2%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(195.6, 81.6%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 59.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK59.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,408,943

CSS custom property--colour: #61CAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#9E3510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5C6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1B7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00D5D6no 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 text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.8 Light blue · ΔE 19.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2 Powder blue · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EF8661

Analogous#61EFCD, #6183EF

Triadic#EF61CA, #CAEF61

Split complementary#EF6183, #EFCD61

Tetradic#CD61EF, #EF8661, #83EF61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECF9FD

Lighter +20%#BEE9F8

Lighter +10%#8FDAF4

Darker −10%#33BAEA

Darker −20%#16A3D4

Darker −30%#117FA6

Darker −40%#0C5C78

More saturated +25%#51D2FF

Less saturated −25%#77C0D9

Channel breakdown

R97

G202

B239

Red97 (38%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue195.63°

Saturation (HSL)81.61%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 61 · G CA · B EF

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