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Recognised as Colour

#62AFCB

  • #62AFCB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#62AFCB is a cyan with RGB values 98, 175, 203 and HSL 196°, 50%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#62AFCB#62AFCB
HEX#62AFCB
RGBrgb(98, 175, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.6863, 0.7961
RGB percentages38.4%, 68.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(196, 50.2%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 51.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK51.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,467,531
CSS custom property--colour: #62AFCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#9D5034

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FACCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A0CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#1FB8B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 19.7Light slate grey · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB7E62
Analogous#62CBB3, #627BCB
Triadic#CB62AF, #AFCB62
Split complementary#CB627B, #CBB362
Tetradic#B362CB, #CB7E62, #7BCB62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFDFE
Lighter +30%#D5EAF1
Lighter +20%#AFD6E4
Lighter +10%#88C3D8
Darker −10%#3E9ABC
Darker −20%#327B95
Darker −30%#255B6F
Darker −40%#183C49
More saturated +25%#48BBE5
Less saturated −25%#7CA3B1

Channel breakdown

R98
G175
B203
Red98 (38.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)50.24%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G AF · B CB

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