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Recognised as Colour

#69B9EF

  • #69B9EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#69B9EF is a blue with RGB values 105, 185, 239 and HSL 204°, 81%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69B9EF#69B9EF
HEX#69B9EF
RGBrgb(105, 185, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7255, 0.9373
RGB percentages41.2%, 72.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(204.2, 80.7%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.2, 56.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK56.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,928,879
CSS custom property--colour: #69B9EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#964610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B9F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FABEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7Light blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9F69
Analogous#69EFE2, #6976EF
Triadic#EF69B9, #B9EF69
Split complementary#EF6976, #EFE269
Tetradic#E269EF, #EF9F69, #76EF69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FAFE
Lighter +20%#C5E4F9
Lighter +10%#97CFF4
Darker −10%#3BA3EA
Darker −20%#178CDB
Darker −30%#126EAD
Darker −40%#0D517F
More saturated +25%#59BCFF
Less saturated −25%#7EB5DA

Channel breakdown

R105
G185
B239
Red105 (41.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue204.18°
Saturation (HSL)80.72%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G B9 · B EF

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