Recognised as Colour

#76CEEA

#76CEEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#76CEEA is a cyan with RGB values 118, 206, 234 and HSL 194°, 73%, 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

#76CEEA#76CEEA

HEX#76CEEA

RGBrgb(118, 206, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.8078, 0.9176

RGB percentages46.3%, 80.8%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(194.5, 73.4%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 49.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK49.6%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,786,218

CSS custom property--colour: #76CEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#893115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDCAECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACBCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#33D7D7no 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 text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6 Light blue · ΔE 14.4 Powder blue · ΔE 16.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 19 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.36, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EA9276

Analogous#76EACC, #7694EA

Triadic#EA76CE, #CEEA76

Split complementary#EA7694, #EACC76

Tetradic#CC76EA, #EA9276, #94EA76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFDFE

Lighter +20%#CEEEF8

Lighter +10%#A2DEF1

Darker −10%#4ABEE3

Darker −20%#21ACD9

Darker −30%#1A89AD

Darker −40%#146680

More saturated +25%#62D8FE

Less saturated −25%#8AC4D6

Channel breakdown

R118

G206

B234

Red118 (46.3%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue194.48°

Saturation (HSL)73.42%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 76 · G CE · B EA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#76CEEA

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else