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Recognised as Colour

#61CBEE

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

#61CBEE is a cyan with RGB values 97, 203, 238 and HSL 195°, 81%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#61CBEE#61CBEE
HEX#61CBEE
RGBrgb(97, 203, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.7961, 0.9333
RGB percentages38%, 79.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(194.9, 80.6%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.9, 59.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK59.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,409,198
CSS custom property--colour: #61CBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#9E3411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Light skyblue · ΔE 10.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.9Light blue · ΔE 19.2Powder blue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE8461
Analogous#61EECB, #6184EE
Triadic#EE61CB, #CBEE61
Split complementary#EE6184, #EECB61
Tetradic#CB61EE, #EE8461, #84EE61

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF8FD
Lighter +20%#BDE9F8
Lighter +10%#8FDAF3
Darker −10%#33BCE9
Darker −20%#17A4D2
Darker −30%#1280A4
Darker −40%#0D5C76
More saturated +25%#50D4FF
Less saturated −25%#77C0D8

Channel breakdown

R97
G203
B238
Red97 (38%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue194.89°
Saturation (HSL)80.57%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G CB · B EE

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