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Recognised as Colour

#75AECB

  • #75AECB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#75AECB is a blue with RGB values 117, 174, 203 and HSL 200°, 45%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#75AECB#75AECB
HEX#75AECB
RGBrgb(117, 174, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6824, 0.7961
RGB percentages45.9%, 68.2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(200.2, 45.3%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.2, 42.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK42.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,712,459
CSS custom property--colour: #75AECB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.67:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#8A5134

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0ACCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A2CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#52B6B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3Light slate grey · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB9275
Analogous#75CBBD, #7583CB
Triadic#CB75AE, #AECB75
Split complementary#CB7583, #CBBD75
Tetradic#BD75CB, #CB9275, #83CB75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EFF5
Lighter +20%#BFD9E7
Lighter +10%#9AC4D9
Darker −10%#5098BD
Darker −20%#3C7D9E
Darker −30%#2E6079
Darker −40%#204354
More saturated +25%#5DB6E3
Less saturated −25%#8DA6B3

Channel breakdown

R117
G174
B203
Red117 (45.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue200.23°
Saturation (HSL)45.26%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G AE · B CB

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