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Recognised as Colour

#75C7FA

  • #75C7FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#75C7FA is a blue with RGB values 117, 199, 250 and HSL 203°, 93%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#75C7FA#75C7FA
HEX#75C7FA
RGBrgb(117, 199, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.7804, 0.9804
RGB percentages45.9%, 78%, 98%
HSLhsl(203, 93%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 53.2%, 98%)
CMYK53.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,718,906
CSS custom property--colour: #75C7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.31:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#8A3805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C6FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#17D4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.1Sky blue · ΔE 12.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAA875
Analogous#75FAEA, #7584FA
Triadic#FA75C7, #C7FA75
Split complementary#FA7584, #FAEB75
Tetradic#EB75FA, #FAA875, #84FA75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7EFFE
Lighter +10%#A6DBFC
Darker −10%#44B3F8
Darker −20%#139FF6
Darker −30%#0782CF
Darker −40%#06639D
More saturated +25%#70C8FF
Less saturated −25%#87C3E8

Channel breakdown

R117
G199
B250
Red117 (45.9%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue203.01°
Saturation (HSL)93.01%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G C7 · B FA

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