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Recognised as Colour

#65B4BC

  • #65B4BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#65B4BC is a cyan with RGB values 101, 180, 188 and HSL 186°, 39%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#65B4BC#65B4BC
HEX#65B4BC
RGBrgb(101, 180, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.7059, 0.7373
RGB percentages39.6%, 70.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(185.5, 39.4%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 46.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK46.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,665,404
CSS custom property--colour: #65B4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#9A4B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9AEBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA3BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#37BAB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.1Sky blue · ΔE 16Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC6D65
Analogous#65BC98, #6589BC
Triadic#BC65B4, #B4BC65
Split complementary#BC6589, #BC9965
Tetradic#9865BC, #BC6D65, #88BC65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F9FA
Lighter +30%#D0E8EA
Lighter +20%#ACD7DB
Lighter +10%#89C5CB
Darker −10%#489DA6
Darker −20%#397C82
Darker −30%#295A5F
Darker −40%#1A383B
More saturated +25%#49CBD8
Less saturated −25%#819DA0

Channel breakdown

R101
G180
B188
Red101 (39.6%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue185.52°
Saturation (HSL)39.37%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G B4 · B BC

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