Colour

#71CBF9

#71CBF9
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#71CBF9 is a blue with RGB values 113, 203, 249 and HSL 200°, 92%, 71%. 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

#71CBF9#71CBF9

HEX#71CBF9

RGBrgb(113, 203, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.7961, 0.9765

RGB percentages44.3%, 79.6%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(200.3, 91.9%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 54.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK54.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,457,785

CSS custom property--colour: #71CBF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#8E3406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5C9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1BAF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.6 Sky blue · ΔE 9.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4 Light blue · ΔE 20.5 Powder blue · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.59, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F99F71

Analogous#71F9E3, #7187F9

Triadic#F971CB, #CBF971

Split complementary#F97187, #F9E371

Tetradic#E371F9, #F99F71, #87F971

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D3EFFD

Lighter +10%#A2DDFB

Darker −10%#40B9F7

Darker −20%#0FA7F5

Darker −30%#0888C9

Darker −40%#066698

More saturated +25%#6BCDFF

Less saturated −25%#84C5E6

Channel breakdown

R113

G203

B249

Red113 (44.3%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue200.29°

Saturation (HSL)91.89%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 71 · G CB · B F9

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