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Recognised as Colour

#6AADEA

  • #6AADEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#6AADEA is a blue with RGB values 106, 173, 234 and HSL 209°, 75%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6AADEA#6AADEA
HEX#6AADEA
RGBrgb(106, 173, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.6784, 0.9176
RGB percentages41.6%, 67.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(208.6, 75.3%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 54.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK54.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,991,338
CSS custom property--colour: #6AADEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#955215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#06BBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA76A
Analogous#6AEAE7, #6A6DEA
Triadic#EA6AAD, #ADEA6A
Split complementary#EA6A6D, #EAE76A
Tetradic#E76AEA, #EAA76A, #6DEA6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F7FD
Lighter +20%#C3DEF7
Lighter +10%#97C6F0
Darker −10%#3D94E4
Darker −20%#1D7BD1
Darker −30%#1761A4
Darker −40%#114677
More saturated +25%#55AEFF
Less saturated −25%#7FACD5

Channel breakdown

R106
G173
B234
Red106 (41.6%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue208.59°
Saturation (HSL)75.29%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G AD · B EA

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