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Recognised as Colour

#76C6EE

  • #76C6EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#76C6EE is a blue with RGB values 118, 198, 238 and HSL 200°, 78%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#76C6EE#76C6EE
HEX#76C6EE
RGBrgb(118, 198, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.7765, 0.9333
RGB percentages46.3%, 77.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(200, 77.9%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 50.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK50.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,784,174
CSS custom property--colour: #76C6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#893911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#31D1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.7Sky blue · ΔE 6.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 17.8Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.67, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9E76
Analogous#76EEDA, #768AEE
Triadic#EE76C6, #C6EE76
Split complementary#EE768A, #EEDA76
Tetradic#DA76EE, #EE9E76, #8AEE76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1ECF9
Lighter +10%#A3D9F4
Darker −10%#49B3E8
Darker −20%#1CA0E2
Darker −30%#1680B5
Darker −40%#116087
More saturated +25%#65CCFF
Less saturated −25%#89C0DB

Channel breakdown

R118
G198
B238
Red118 (46.3%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)77.92%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G C6 · B EE

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