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Recognised as Colour

#6BB5F9

  • #6BB5F9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#6BB5F9 is a blue with RGB values 107, 181, 249 and HSL 209°, 92%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6BB5F9#6BB5F9
HEX#6BB5F9
RGBrgb(107, 181, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7098, 0.9765
RGB percentages42%, 71%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(208.7, 92.2%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.7, 57%, 97.6%)
CMYK57%, 27.3%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,058,937
CSS custom property--colour: #6BB5F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.6:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#944A06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A9F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9AF6B
Analogous#6BF9F6, #6B6EF9
Triadic#F96BB5, #B5F96B
Split complementary#F96B6E, #F9F66B
Tetradic#F66BF9, #F9AF6B, #6EF96B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#CDE6FD
Lighter +10%#9CCEFB
Darker −10%#3A9CF7
Darker −20%#0A84F4
Darker −30%#0869C3
Darker −40%#064F92
More saturated +25%#65B5FF
Less saturated −25%#7EB4E6

Channel breakdown

R107
G181
B249
Red107 (42%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue208.73°
Saturation (HSL)92.21%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G B5 · B F9

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