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Recognised as Colour

#75B7EB

  • #75B7EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#75B7EB is a blue with RGB values 117, 183, 235 and HSL 206°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#75B7EB#75B7EB
HEX#75B7EB
RGBrgb(117, 183, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.7176, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.9%, 71.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(206.4, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK50.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,714,795
CSS custom property--colour: #75B7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#8A4814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ABEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#37C4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBA975
Analogous#75EBE4, #757CEB
Triadic#EB75B7, #B7EB75
Split complementary#EB757C, #EBE475
Tetradic#E475EB, #EBA975, #7CEB75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#CEE5F8
Lighter +10%#A2CEF1
Darker −10%#48A0E5
Darker −20%#2088DA
Darker −30%#196CAE
Darker −40%#135181
More saturated +25%#61B9FF
Less saturated −25%#89B5D7

Channel breakdown

R117
G183
B235
Red117 (45.9%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue206.44°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G B7 · B EB

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