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Recognised as Colour

#69C6EB

  • #69C6EB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#69C6EB is a cyan with RGB values 105, 198, 235 and HSL 197°, 76%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#69C6EB#69C6EB
HEX#69C6EB
RGBrgb(105, 198, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7765, 0.9216
RGB percentages41.2%, 77.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(197.1, 76.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 55.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK55.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,932,203
CSS custom property--colour: #69C6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#963914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB8E69
Analogous#69EBCF, #6985EB
Triadic#EB69C6, #C6EB69
Split complementary#EB6985, #EBCF69
Tetradic#CF69EB, #EB8E69, #85EB69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F9FD
Lighter +20%#C3E8F7
Lighter +10%#96D7F1
Darker −10%#3CB5E5
Darker −20%#1C9ED2
Darker −30%#167CA5
Darker −40%#105A78
More saturated +25%#55CFFF
Less saturated −25%#7EBDD6

Channel breakdown

R105
G198
B235
Red105 (41.2%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue197.08°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G C6 · B EB

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