Recognised as Colour

#71D9ED

#71D9ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#71D9ED is a cyan with RGB values 113, 217, 237 and HSL 190°, 78%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#71D9ED#71D9ED

HEX#71D9ED

RGBrgb(113, 217, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.851, 0.9294

RGB percentages44.3%, 85.1%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(189.7, 77.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 52.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK52.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,461,357

CSS custom property--colour: #71D9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#8E2612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D3EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5C4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#09E2DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.5 Light blue · ΔE 16 Powder blue · ΔE 16.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 17 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED8571

Analogous#71EDC3, #719BED

Triadic#ED71D9, #D9ED71

Split complementary#ED719B, #EDC371

Tetradic#C371ED, #ED8571, #9BED71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9FDFE

Lighter +20%#CCF1F8

Lighter +10%#9EE5F3

Darker −10%#44CDE7

Darker −20%#1CBDDC

Darker −30%#1696AF

Darker −40%#106F82

More saturated +25%#5FE5FF

Less saturated −25%#85CBD9

Channel breakdown

R113

G217

B237

Red113 (44.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue189.68°

Saturation (HSL)77.5%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 71 · G D9 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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