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Recognised as Colour

#6BB5DB

  • #6BB5DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6BB5DB is a blue with RGB values 107, 181, 219 and HSL 200°, 61%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6BB5DB#6BB5DB
HEX#6BB5DB
RGBrgb(107, 181, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7098, 0.8588
RGB percentages42%, 71%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(200.4, 60.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.4, 51.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK51.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,058,907
CSS custom property--colour: #6BB5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#944A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A7DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#29BFC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8Light blue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB916B
Analogous#6BDBC9, #6B7DDB
Triadic#DB6BB5, #B5DB6B
Split complementary#DB6B7D, #DBC96B
Tetradic#C96BDB, #DB916B, #7DDB6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F3F9
Lighter +20%#BDDEEF
Lighter +10%#94CAE5
Darker −10%#42A0D1
Darker −20%#2C86B4
Darker −30%#22678B
Darker −40%#184962
More saturated +25%#54BCF2
Less saturated −25%#82AEC4

Channel breakdown

R107
G181
B219
Red107 (42%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue200.36°
Saturation (HSL)60.87%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G B5 · B DB

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