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Recognised as Colour

#6BABBE

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

#6BABBE is a cyan with RGB values 107, 171, 190 and HSL 194°, 39%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6BABBE#6BABBE
HEX#6BABBE
RGBrgb(107, 171, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.6706, 0.7451
RGB percentages42%, 67.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(193.7, 39%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 43.7%, 74.5%)
CMYK43.7%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,056,318
CSS custom property--colour: #6BABBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#945441

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA7BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#46B2B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7E6B
Analogous#6BBEA8, #6B82BE
Triadic#BE6BAB, #ABBE6B
Split complementary#BE6B82, #BEA86B
Tetradic#A86BBE, #BE7E6B, #82BE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FBFC
Lighter +30%#D5E7ED
Lighter +20%#B2D3DD
Lighter +10%#8EBFCE
Darker −10%#4B95AB
Darker −20%#3C7687
Darker −30%#2C5764
Darker −40%#1C3841
More saturated +25%#50B9D9
Less saturated −25%#869DA3

Channel breakdown

R107
G171
B190
Red107 (42%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue193.73°
Saturation (HSL)38.97%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G AB · B BE

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