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Recognised as Colour

#71D9EF

  • #71D9EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#71D9EF is a cyan with RGB values 113, 217, 239 and HSL 190°, 80%, 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

#71D9EF#71D9EF
HEX#71D9EF
RGBrgb(113, 217, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.851, 0.9373
RGB percentages44.3%, 85.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(190.5, 79.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 52.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK52.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,461,359
CSS custom property--colour: #71D9EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#8E2610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C4EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 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 text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF8771
Analogous#71EFC6, #719AEF
Triadic#EF71D9, #D9EF71
Split complementary#EF719A, #EFC671
Tetradic#C671EF, #EF8771, #9AEF71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFEFE
Lighter +20%#CDF2F9
Lighter +10%#9FE5F4
Darker −10%#43CDEA
Darker −20%#19BEE1
Darker −30%#1497B3
Darker −40%#0F7085
More saturated +25%#61E3FF
Less saturated −25%#85CCDB

Channel breakdown

R113
G217
B239
Red113 (44.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue190.48°
Saturation (HSL)79.75%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 71 · G D9 · B EF

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