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Recognised as Colour

#76C3EB

  • #76C3EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#76C3EB is a blue with RGB values 118, 195, 235 and HSL 201°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#76C3EB#76C3EB
HEX#76C3EB
RGBrgb(118, 195, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.7647, 0.9216
RGB percentages46.3%, 76.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(200.5, 74.5%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.5, 49.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK49.8%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,783,403
CSS custom property--colour: #76C3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#893C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#36CED0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.1Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 18Powder blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9E76
Analogous#76EBD9, #7688EB
Triadic#EB76C3, #C3EB76
Split complementary#EB7688, #EBD976
Tetradic#D976EB, #EB9E76, #88EB76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFE
Lighter +20%#CFEAF8
Lighter +10%#A3D6F1
Darker −10%#49B0E5
Darker −20%#209BDB
Darker −30%#197CAF
Darker −40%#135C82
More saturated +25%#62C9FF
Less saturated −25%#8ABDD7

Channel breakdown

R118
G195
B235
Red118 (46.3%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue200.51°
Saturation (HSL)74.52%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G C3 · B EB

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