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Recognised as Colour

#69C4E5

  • #69C4E5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#69C4E5 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 196, 229 and HSL 196°, 70%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#69C4E5#69C4E5
HEX#69C4E5
RGBrgb(105, 196, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7686, 0.898
RGB percentages41.2%, 76.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(196, 70.5%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 54.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK54.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,931,685
CSS custom property--colour: #69C4E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#963B1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C0E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB2E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.4Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 17.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Powder blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E58A69
Analogous#69E5C8, #6986E5
Triadic#E569C4, #C4E569
Split complementary#E56986, #E5C869
Tetradic#C869E5, #E58A69, #86E569

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF7FC
Lighter +20%#C0E6F4
Lighter +10%#94D5ED
Darker −10%#3EB3DD
Darker −20%#229AC6
Darker −30%#1B789A
Darker −40%#13566F
More saturated +25%#53CEFB
Less saturated −25%#7FBACF

Channel breakdown

R105
G196
B229
Red105 (41.2%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue195.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.45%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G C4 · B E5

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