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Recognised as Colour

#6AC8DC

  • #6AC8DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6AC8DC is a cyan with RGB values 106, 200, 220 and HSL 191°, 62%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6AC8DC#6AC8DC
HEX#6AC8DC
RGBrgb(106, 200, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.7843, 0.8627
RGB percentages41.6%, 78.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(190.5, 62%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 51.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK51.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,998,236
CSS custom property--colour: #6AC8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.91:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#953723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C2DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#17D0CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC7E6A
Analogous#6ADCB7, #6A8FDC
Triadic#DC6AC8, #C8DC6A
Split complementary#DC6A8F, #DCB76A
Tetradic#B76ADC, #DC7E6A, #8FDC6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F6F9
Lighter +20%#BDE6EF
Lighter +10%#93D7E6
Darker −10%#41B9D2
Darker −20%#2B9DB5
Darker −30%#21798C
Darker −40%#175663
More saturated +25%#53D7F3
Less saturated −25%#81B9C5

Channel breakdown

R106
G200
B220
Red106 (41.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue190.53°
Saturation (HSL)61.96%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G C8 · B DC

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