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Recognised as Colour

#69DCE9

  • #69DCE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#69DCE9 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 220, 233 and HSL 186°, 74%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#69DCE9#69DCE9
HEX#69DCE9
RGBrgb(105, 220, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.8627, 0.9137
RGB percentages41.2%, 86.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(186.1, 74.4%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.1, 54.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK54.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,937,833
CSS custom property--colour: #69DCE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#962316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD4EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Powder blue · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 12.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E97669
Analogous#69E9B6, #699CE9
Triadic#E969DC, #DCE969
Split complementary#E9699C, #E9B669
Tetradic#B669E9, #E97669, #9CE969

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFBFD
Lighter +20%#C2F1F6
Lighter +10%#95E6F0
Darker −10%#3DD2E2
Darker −20%#1EBCCE
Darker −30%#1893A1
Darker −40%#116B75
More saturated +25%#53EDFF
Less saturated −25%#7ECBD3

Channel breakdown

R105
G220
B233
Red105 (41.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue186.09°
Saturation (HSL)74.42%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G DC · B E9

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