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Recognised as Colour

#65CCFF

  • #65CCFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#65CCFF is a cyan with RGB values 101, 204, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#65CCFF#65CCFF
HEX#65CCFF
RGBrgb(101, 204, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.8, 1
RGB percentages39.6%, 80%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.9, 100%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.9, 60.4%, 100%)
CMYK60.4%, 20%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,671,615
CSS custom property--colour: #65CCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#9A3300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DBAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00DADDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Light blue · ΔE 23.7Powder blue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9865
Analogous#65FFE5, #657FFF
Triadic#FF65CC, #CCFF65
Split complementary#FF657F, #FFE565
Tetradic#E565FF, #FF9865, #7FFF65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#CBEEFF
Lighter +10%#98DDFF
Darker −10%#32BBFF
Darker −20%#00AAFE
Darker −30%#0088CB
Darker −40%#006698
More saturated +25%#65CCFF
Less saturated −25%#78C6EC

Channel breakdown

R101
G204
B255
Red101 (39.6%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G CC · B FF

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