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Recognised as Colour

#69BAE0

  • #69BAE0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#69BAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 186, 224 and HSL 199°, 66%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69BAE0#69BAE0
HEX#69BAE0
RGBrgb(105, 186, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7294, 0.8784
RGB percentages41.2%, 72.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(199.2, 65.7%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 53.1%, 87.8%)
CMYK53.1%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,929,120
CSS custom property--colour: #69BAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#96451F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B7E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ABDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#13C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 19.6Cadetblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E08F69
Analogous#69E0CB, #697EE0
Triadic#E069BA, #BAE069
Split complementary#E0697E, #E0CB69
Tetradic#CB69E0, #E08F69, #7EE069

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F4FA
Lighter +20%#BEE1F1
Lighter +10%#93CDE9
Darker −10%#3FA7D7
Darker −20%#278CBC
Darker −30%#1E6D92
Darker −40%#154D68
More saturated +25%#52C2F7
Less saturated −25%#80B2C9

Channel breakdown

R105
G186
B224
Red105 (41.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue199.16°
Saturation (HSL)65.75%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G BA · B E0

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