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Recognised as Colour

#69D8FD

  • #69D8FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#69D8FD is a cyan with RGB values 105, 216, 253 and HSL 195°, 97%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#69D8FD#69D8FD
HEX#69D8FD
RGBrgb(105, 216, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.8471, 0.9922
RGB percentages41.2%, 84.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(195, 97.4%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 58.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK58.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,936,829
CSS custom property--colour: #69D8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#962702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3D3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADC3FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 19.4Powder blue · ΔE 21.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD8E69
Analogous#69FDD8, #698EFD
Triadic#FD69D8, #D8FD69
Split complementary#FD698E, #FDD869
Tetradic#D869FD, #FD8E69, #8EFD69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CEF2FE
Lighter +10%#9BE5FE
Darker −10%#37CBFC
Darker −20%#04BEFC
Darker −30%#0398CA
Darker −40%#027298
More saturated +25%#67D9FF
Less saturated −25%#7CCFEA

Channel breakdown

R105
G216
B253
Red105 (41.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G D8 · B FD

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