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Recognised as Colour

#69BEE8

  • #69BEE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#69BEE8 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 190, 232 and HSL 200°, 73%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69BEE8#69BEE8
HEX#69BEE8
RGBrgb(105, 190, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7451, 0.9098
RGB percentages41.2%, 74.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(199.8, 73.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 54.7%, 91%)
CMYK54.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,930,152
CSS custom property--colour: #69BEE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#964117

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BCEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AEE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.2Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3Light blue · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E89369
Analogous#69E8D3, #697EE8
Triadic#E869BE, #BEE869
Split complementary#E8697E, #E8D269
Tetradic#D369E8, #E89369, #7FE869

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF7FC
Lighter +20%#C1E4F6
Lighter +10%#95D1EF
Darker −10%#3DABE1
Darker −20%#1F93CC
Darker −30%#1873A0
Darker −40%#125373
More saturated +25%#53C5FE
Less saturated −25%#7FB7D2

Channel breakdown

R105
G190
B232
Red105 (41.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue199.84°
Saturation (HSL)73.41%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G BE · B E8

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