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Recognised as Colour

#75ABFF

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

#75ABFF is a blue with RGB values 117, 171, 255 and HSL 217°, 100%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#75ABFF#75ABFF
HEX#75ABFF
RGBrgb(117, 171, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6706, 1
RGB percentages45.9%, 67.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(216.5, 100%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 54.1%, 100%)
CMYK54.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,711,743
CSS custom property--colour: #75ABFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#8A5400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89B1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1EBEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 24Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Light skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light steelblue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC975
Analogous#75F0FF, #8475FF
Triadic#FF75AB, #ABFF75
Split complementary#FF8475, #F0FF75
Tetradic#FF75F0, #FFC975, #75FF84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE9FF
Lighter +10%#A8CAFF
Darker −10%#428CFF
Darker −20%#0F6DFF
Darker −30%#0056DB
Darker −40%#0042A8
More saturated +25%#75ABFF
Less saturated −25%#86AFEE

Channel breakdown

R117
G171
B255
Red117 (45.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue216.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G AB · B FF

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