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Recognised as Colour

#71B8EA

  • #71B8EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#71B8EA is a blue with RGB values 113, 184, 234 and HSL 205°, 74%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#71B8EA#71B8EA
HEX#71B8EA
RGBrgb(113, 184, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.7216, 0.9176
RGB percentages44.3%, 72.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(204.8, 74.2%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.8, 51.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK51.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,452,906
CSS custom property--colour: #71B8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#8E4715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ABE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#2AC4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 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 text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 20.1Light blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA371
Analogous#71EAE0, #717BEA
Triadic#EA71B8, #B8EA71
Split complementary#EA717B, #EAE071
Tetradic#E071EA, #EAA371, #7BEA71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FBFE
Lighter +20%#CAE4F7
Lighter +10%#9DCEF1
Darker −10%#45A2E3
Darker −20%#208AD5
Darker −30%#196DA9
Darker −40%#12517D
More saturated +25%#5DBCFE
Less saturated −25%#85B4D6

Channel breakdown

R113
G184
B234
Red113 (44.3%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue204.79°
Saturation (HSL)74.23%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 71 · G B8 · B EA

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