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Recognised as Colour

#76CEE9

  • #76CEE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#76CEE9 is a cyan with RGB values 118, 206, 233 and HSL 194°, 72%, 69%. 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

#76CEE9#76CEE9
HEX#76CEE9
RGBrgb(118, 206, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.8078, 0.9137
RGB percentages46.3%, 80.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(194.1, 72.3%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 49.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK49.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,786,217
CSS custom property--colour: #76CEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#893116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBCE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#34D7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 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 text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.6Light skyblue · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 14.2Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E99176
Analogous#76E9CB, #7695E9
Triadic#E976CE, #CEE976
Split complementary#E97695, #E9CA76
Tetradic#CB76E9, #E99176, #95E976

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFDFE
Lighter +20%#CEEDF7
Lighter +10%#A2DEF0
Darker −10%#4ABEE2
Darker −20%#22ACD7
Darker −30%#1B89AB
Darker −40%#14667F
More saturated +25%#62D9FD
Less saturated −25%#8AC3D5

Channel breakdown

R118
G206
B233
Red118 (46.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue194.09°
Saturation (HSL)72.33%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G CE · B E9

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