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Recognised as Colour

#65CEFE

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

#65CEFE is a cyan with RGB values 101, 206, 254 and HSL 199°, 99%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#65CEFE#65CEFE
HEX#65CEFE
RGBrgb(101, 206, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.8078, 0.9961
RGB percentages39.6%, 80.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(198.8, 98.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 60.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK60.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,672,126
CSS custom property--colour: #65CEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#9A3101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6CBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3Powder blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE9565
Analogous#65FEE1, #6582FE
Triadic#FE65CE, #CEFE65
Split complementary#FE6582, #FEE265
Tetradic#E165FE, #FE9565, #82FE65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#CAEEFF
Lighter +10%#98DEFE
Darker −10%#32BEFE
Darker −20%#02ADFB
Darker −30%#018AC9
Darker −40%#016796
More saturated +25%#64CEFF
Less saturated −25%#78C7EB

Channel breakdown

R101
G206
B254
Red101 (39.6%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue198.82°
Saturation (HSL)98.71%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G CE · B FE

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