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Recognised as Colour

#75CFE3

  • #75CFE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#75CFE3 is a cyan with RGB values 117, 207, 227 and HSL 191°, 66%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#75CFE3#75CFE3
HEX#75CFE3
RGBrgb(117, 207, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.8118, 0.8902
RGB percentages45.9%, 81.2%, 89%
HSLhsl(190.9, 66.3%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 48.5%, 89%)
CMYK48.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,720,931
CSS custom property--colour: #75CFE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#8A301C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C9E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBCE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#37D7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E38975
Analogous#75E3C0, #7598E3
Triadic#E375CF, #CFE375
Split complementary#E37598, #E3C075
Tetradic#C075E3, #E38975, #98E375

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FBFD
Lighter +20%#CAECF4
Lighter +10%#9FDEEC
Darker −10%#4BC0DA
Darker −20%#29ACC9
Darker −30%#20889F
Darker −40%#186474
More saturated +25%#60DCF8
Less saturated −25%#8AC2CE

Channel breakdown

R117
G207
B227
Red117 (45.9%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue190.91°
Saturation (HSL)66.27%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G CF · B E3

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