Recognised as Colour

#71D9EE

#71D9EE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#71D9EE is a cyan with RGB values 113, 217, 238 and HSL 190°, 79%, 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

#71D9EE#71D9EE

HEX#71D9EE

RGBrgb(113, 217, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.851, 0.9333

RGB percentages44.3%, 85.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(190.1, 78.6%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.1, 52.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK52.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,461,358

CSS custom property--colour: #71D9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1

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

Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#8E2611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5C4EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#04E2DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 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 text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.1 Light blue · ΔE 16 Powder blue · ΔE 16.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE8671

Analogous#71EEC5, #719AEE

Triadic#EE71D9, #D9EE71

Split complementary#EE719A, #EEC571

Tetradic#C571EE, #EE8671, #9AEE71

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAFEFE

Lighter +20%#CCF1F9

Lighter +10%#9FE5F3

Darker −10%#43CDE9

Darker −20%#1BBDDE

Darker −30%#1597B1

Darker −40%#107083

More saturated +25%#60E4FF

Less saturated −25%#85CCDA

Channel breakdown

R113

G217

B238

Red113 (44.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue190.08°

Saturation (HSL)78.62%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 71 · G D9 · B EE

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