Water Blue

The color code of Water Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color cyan, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are somewhat restrained, the colorfulness of Water Blue is only slightly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 67 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 59 %, Water Blue is a rather light color.

Hex	`#42a8ee`
RGB	`rgb(66, 168, 238)`
HSL*	`hsl(204, 83%, 60%)`
Lab*	`66.01 -6.81 -43.51`
CMYK*	`72% 29% 0% 7%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

40 %

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