#75A8E9
A light, vivid blue closely aligning with Cornflowerblue.
About #75A8E9
Visually, #75A8E9 is defined as a vivid blue. Its closest recognized web color is Cornflowerblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 117, 168, and 233.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 50% cyan and 28% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 213.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#75A8E9
RGB117, 168, 233
HSL213.6°, 72.5%, 68.6%
CMYK50%, 28%, 0%, 9%
HSV213.6°, 49.8%, 91.4%
LAB67.8, 0.8, -37.9
XYZ36.0, 37.7, 82.5
Decimal7710953
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
2.46:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.53:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.35:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.25:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #75A8E9;
}
.text-color {
color: #75A8E9;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #75A8E9;
}