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Recognised as Colour

#65BDD3

  • #65BDD3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#65BDD3 is a cyan with RGB values 101, 189, 211 and HSL 192°, 56%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#65BDD3#65BDD3
HEX#65BDD3
RGBrgb(101, 189, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.7412, 0.8275
RGB percentages39.6%, 74.1%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(192, 55.6%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 52.1%, 82.7%)
CMYK52.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,667,731
CSS custom property--colour: #65BDD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#9A422C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB8D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DABD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#16C5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 16.9Powder blue · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D37B65
Analogous#65D3B2, #6586D3
Triadic#D365BD, #BDD365
Split complementary#D36586, #D3B265
Tetradic#B265D3, #D37B65, #86D365

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF0F5
Lighter +20%#B4DFEA
Lighter +10%#8DCEDE
Darker −10%#3DACC8
Darker −20%#2F8CA3
Darker −30%#236A7C
Darker −40%#184854
More saturated +25%#4CCCEC
Less saturated −25%#7EAEBA

Channel breakdown

R101
G189
B211
Red101 (39.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G BD · B D3

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