Information about #71B0CD color

#71B0CD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#71B0CD falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(113, 176, 205) — 44.3% red, 69% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 36 / 11 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #71B0CD reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Delicate Girl Blue (#6AB2CA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Refresh (#71B8CA) and Seagull (#77B7D0).

The recipe behind #71B0CD is rgb(113, 176, 205), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #71B0CD: 8.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #71B0CD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#71B0CD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#71B0CD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #71B0CD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Ruddy Blue color link
Ruddy Blue

#76ABDF

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#71B0CD
  • RGB113, 176, 205
  • CMYK36, 11, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(113, 176, 205)
  • HSL199°, 48%, 62%
  • HSL Precise198.913°, 47.917%, 62.353%
  • HSV199°, 45%, 80%
  • HSB199°, 45%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.443, 0.690, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.443, 0.690, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.443, 0.690, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB44.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID71B0CD
  • DECIMAL ID7450829
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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