Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#75A6EF

  • #75A6EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#75A6EF is a blue with RGB values 117, 166, 239 and HSL 216°, 79%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#75A6EF#75A6EF
HEX#75A6EF
RGBrgb(117, 166, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.651, 0.9373
RGB percentages45.9%, 65.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(215.9, 79.2%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 51%, 93.7%)
CMYK51%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,710,447
CSS custom property--colour: #75A6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#8A5910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89ABF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B9FEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#38B6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11Steel blue · ΔE 19.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22Light skyblue · ΔE 23.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.1Light steelblue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFBE75
Analogous#75E3EF, #8175EF
Triadic#EF75A6, #A6EF75
Split complementary#EF8175, #E3EF75
Tetradic#EF75E3, #EFBE75, #75EF81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D0E1FA
Lighter +10%#A3C3F4
Darker −10%#4789EA
Darker −20%#1A6BE4
Darker −30%#1556B6
Darker −40%#104088
More saturated +25%#65A3FF
Less saturated −25%#88AADC

Channel breakdown

R117
G166
B239
Red117 (45.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue215.9°
Saturation (HSL)79.22%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G A6 · B EF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “75a6ef” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.