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Recognised as Colour

#62B6DD

  • #62B6DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#62B6DD is a cyan with RGB values 98, 182, 221 and HSL 199°, 64%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#62B6DD#62B6DD
HEX#62B6DD
RGBrgb(98, 182, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.7137, 0.8667
RGB percentages38.4%, 71.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(199, 64.4%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 55.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK55.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,469,341
CSS custom property--colour: #62B6DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#9D4922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#91A6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8962
Analogous#62DDC6, #6279DD
Triadic#DD62B6, #B6DD62
Split complementary#DD6279, #DDC662
Tetradic#C662DD, #DD8962, #79DD62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F0F8
Lighter +20%#B6DDEF
Lighter +10%#8CC9E6
Darker −10%#38A3D4
Darker −20%#2786B2
Darker −30%#1E6788
Darker −40%#14475F
More saturated +25%#4ABFF5
Less saturated −25%#7AADC5

Channel breakdown

R98
G182
B221
Red98 (38.4%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue199.02°
Saturation (HSL)64.4%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G B6 · B DD

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