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Recognised as Colour

#69C0EE

  • #69C0EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#69C0EE is a blue with RGB values 105, 192, 238 and HSL 201°, 80%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#69C0EE#69C0EE
HEX#69C0EE
RGBrgb(105, 192, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7529, 0.9333
RGB percentages41.2%, 75.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(200.8, 79.6%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.8, 55.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK55.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,930,670
CSS custom property--colour: #69C0EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.38:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#963F11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABEF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCCFno 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 text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9769
Analogous#69EED9, #697EEE
Triadic#EE69C0, #C0EE69
Split complementary#EE697E, #EED969
Tetradic#D969EE, #EE9769, #7EEE69

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%#3BADE9
Darker −20%#1996D8
Darker −30%#1376AB
Darker −40%#0E577D
More saturated +25%#58C5FF
Less saturated −25%#7EBAD9

Channel breakdown

R105
G192
B238
Red105 (41.2%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue200.75°
Saturation (HSL)79.64%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G C0 · B EE

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