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Recognised as Colour

#6ABCE5

  • #6ABCE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6ABCE5 is a blue with RGB values 106, 188, 229 and HSL 200°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6ABCE5#6ABCE5
HEX#6ABCE5
RGBrgb(106, 188, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.7373, 0.898
RGB percentages41.6%, 73.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(200, 70.3%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 53.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK53.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,995,173
CSS custom property--colour: #6ABCE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#95431A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BAE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ADE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#08C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5936A
Analogous#6AE5D1, #6A7FE5
Triadic#E56ABC, #BCE56A
Split complementary#E56A7F, #E5D16A
Tetradic#D06AE5, #E5936A, #7FE56A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF7FC
Lighter +20%#C1E3F4
Lighter +10%#95D0ED
Darker −10%#3FA8DD
Darker −20%#2390C6
Darker −30%#1B709B
Darker −40%#135170
More saturated +25%#54C3FB
Less saturated −25%#80B5CF

Channel breakdown

R106
G188
B229
Red106 (41.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)70.29%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G BC · B E5

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