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Recognised as Colour

#69C8DD

  • #69C8DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#69C8DD is a cyan with RGB values 105, 200, 221 and HSL 191°, 63%, 64%. 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

#69C8DD#69C8DD
HEX#69C8DD
RGBrgb(105, 200, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7843, 0.8667
RGB percentages41.2%, 78.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(190.9, 63%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 52.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK52.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,932,701
CSS custom property--colour: #69C8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.91:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#963722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0CD0CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 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 text10.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 16Powder blue · ΔE 17.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD7E69
Analogous#69DDB8, #698EDD
Triadic#DD69C8, #C8DD69
Split complementary#DD698E, #DDB869
Tetradic#B869DD, #DD7E69, #8EDD69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F6F9
Lighter +20%#BCE6F0
Lighter +10%#93D7E6
Darker −10%#3FB9D4
Darker −20%#299DB7
Darker −30%#20798D
Darker −40%#175663
More saturated +25%#52D7F4
Less saturated −25%#80B9C6

Channel breakdown

R105
G200
B221
Red105 (41.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue190.86°
Saturation (HSL)63.04%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G C8 · B DD

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