Colour

#69CAE4

#69CAE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#69CAE4 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 202, 228 and HSL 193°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#69CAE4#69CAE4

HEX#69CAE4

RGBrgb(105, 202, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7922, 0.8941

RGB percentages41.2%, 79.2%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(192.7, 69.5%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 53.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK53.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,933,220

CSS custom property--colour: #69CAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#96351B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9C5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6B7E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00D3D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 13 Light blue · ΔE 16.3 Powder blue · ΔE 18.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E48369

Analogous#69E4C1, #698CE4

Triadic#E469CA, #CAE469

Split complementary#E4698C, #E4C169

Tetradic#C169E4, #E48369, #8DE469

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBF8FB

Lighter +20%#BFE9F4

Lighter +10%#94D9EC

Darker −10%#3EBBDC

Darker −20%#23A2C4

Darker −30%#1B7E99

Darker −40%#145A6D

More saturated +25%#53D7FA

Less saturated −25%#7FBDCE

Channel breakdown

R105

G202

B228

Red105 (41.2%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue192.68°

Saturation (HSL)69.49%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G CA · B E4

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Colour values

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