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Recognised as Colour

#6AC0D8

  • #6AC0D8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6AC0D8 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 192, 216 and HSL 193°, 59%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6AC0D8#6AC0D8
HEX#6AC0D8
RGBrgb(106, 192, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.7529, 0.8471
RGB percentages41.6%, 75.3%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(193.1, 58.5%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.1, 50.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK50.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,996,184
CSS custom property--colour: #6AC0D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#953F27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AFD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#24C8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Light blue · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8826A
Analogous#6AD8B9, #6A89D8
Triadic#D86AC0, #C0D86A
Split complementary#D86A89, #D8B96A
Tetradic#B96AD8, #D8826A, #89D86A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F3F8
Lighter +20%#BBE2ED
Lighter +10%#92D1E3
Darker −10%#42AFCD
Darker −20%#2E92AE
Darker −30%#237086
Darker −40%#184E5E
More saturated +25%#53CDF0
Less saturated −25%#82B3C1

Channel breakdown

R106
G192
B216
Red106 (41.6%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue193.09°
Saturation (HSL)58.51%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G C0 · B D8

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