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Recognised as Colour

#6BA6BF

  • #6BA6BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6BA6BF is a cyan with RGB values 107, 166, 191 and HSL 198°, 40%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6BA6BF#6BA6BF
HEX#6BA6BF
RGBrgb(107, 166, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.651, 0.749
RGB percentages42%, 65.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(197.9, 39.6%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 44%, 74.9%)
CMYK44%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,055,039
CSS custom property--colour: #6BA6BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#945940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A3C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C9ABFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#47ADAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 14.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF846B
Analogous#6BBFAE, #6B7CBF
Triadic#BF6BA6, #A6BF6B
Split complementary#BF6B7C, #BFAE6B
Tetradic#AE6BBF, #BF846B, #7CBF6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FCFD
Lighter +30%#D6E6ED
Lighter +20%#B2D1DE
Lighter +10%#8FBBCE
Darker −10%#4B8FAC
Darker −20%#3B7289
Darker −30%#2C5465
Darker −40%#1C3742
More saturated +25%#51B1DA
Less saturated −25%#869BA5

Channel breakdown

R107
G166
B191
Red107 (42%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue197.86°
Saturation (HSL)39.62%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G A6 · B BF

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