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Recognised as Colour

#69BFEE

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

#69BFEE is a blue with RGB values 105, 191, 238 and HSL 201°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69BFEE#69BFEE
HEX#69BFEE
RGBrgb(105, 191, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.749, 0.9333
RGB percentages41.2%, 74.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(201.2, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK55.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,930,414
CSS custom property--colour: #69BFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#964011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#96AFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3Light blue · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9869
Analogous#69EEDB, #697CEE
Triadic#EE69BF, #BFEE69
Split complementary#EE697C, #EEDB69
Tetradic#DB69EE, #EE9869, #7DEE69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FAFE
Lighter +20%#C5E6F8
Lighter +10%#97D3F3
Darker −10%#3BABE9
Darker −20%#1995D8
Darker −30%#1375AB
Darker −40%#0E567D
More saturated +25%#58C4FF
Less saturated −25%#7EB9D9

Channel breakdown

R105
G191
B238
Red105 (41.2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue201.2°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G BF · B EE

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