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Recognised as Colour

#69BEEB

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

#69BEEB is a blue with RGB values 105, 190, 235 and HSL 201°, 76%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69BEEB#69BEEB
HEX#69BEEB
RGBrgb(105, 190, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7451, 0.9216
RGB percentages41.2%, 74.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(200.8, 76.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.8, 55.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK55.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,930,155
CSS custom property--colour: #69BEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#964114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BCEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#96AEEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 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 text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 10.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Light blue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9669
Analogous#69EBD7, #697DEB
Triadic#EB69BE, #BEEB69
Split complementary#EB697D, #EBD769
Tetradic#D769EB, #EB9669, #7DEB69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F9FD
Lighter +20%#C3E5F7
Lighter +10%#96D2F1
Darker −10%#3CABE5
Darker −20%#1C93D2
Darker −30%#1674A5
Darker −40%#105478
More saturated +25%#55C4FF
Less saturated −25%#7EB7D6

Channel breakdown

R105
G190
B235
Red105 (41.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue200.77°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G BE · B EB

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