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Recognised as Colour

#75D8EB

  • #75D8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#75D8EB is a cyan with RGB values 117, 216, 235 and HSL 190°, 75%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#75D8EB#75D8EB
HEX#75D8EB
RGBrgb(117, 216, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.8471, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.9%, 84.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(189.7, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK50.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,723,243
CSS custom property--colour: #75D8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.78:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#8A2714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#29E0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB8875
Analogous#75EBC3, #759DEB
Triadic#EB75D8, #D8EB75
Split complementary#EB759D, #EBC375
Tetradic#C375EB, #EB8875, #9DEB75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFEFE
Lighter +20%#CEF1F8
Lighter +10%#A2E5F1
Darker −10%#48CBE5
Darker −20%#20BCDA
Darker −30%#1996AE
Darker −40%#136F81
More saturated +25%#61E5FF
Less saturated −25%#89CBD7

Channel breakdown

R117
G216
B235
Red117 (45.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue189.66°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G D8 · B EB

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