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Recognised as Colour

#76B5DF

  • #76B5DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#76B5DF is a blue with RGB values 118, 181, 223 and HSL 204°, 62%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#76B5DF#76B5DF
HEX#76B5DF
RGBrgb(118, 181, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.7098, 0.8745
RGB percentages46.3%, 71%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(204, 62.1%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 47.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK47.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,779,807
CSS custom property--colour: #76B5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#894A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A9DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#45C0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Light blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFA076
Analogous#76DFD5, #7681DF
Triadic#DF76B5, #B5DF76
Split complementary#DF7681, #DFD576
Tetradic#D576DF, #DFA076, #81DF76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F8FC
Lighter +20%#C9E2F2
Lighter +10%#9FCBE9
Darker −10%#4D9FD5
Darker −20%#2D86C2
Darker −30%#246A98
Darker −40%#1A4D6F
More saturated +25%#61B9F4
Less saturated −25%#8BB1CA

Channel breakdown

R118
G181
B223
Red118 (46.3%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)62.13%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G B5 · B DF

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