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Recognised as Colour

#6BB8E5

  • #6BB8E5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6BB8E5 is a blue with RGB values 107, 184, 229 and HSL 202°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6BB8E5#6BB8E5
HEX#6BB8E5
RGBrgb(107, 184, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7216, 0.898
RGB percentages42%, 72.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(202.1, 70.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.1, 53.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK53.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,059,685
CSS custom property--colour: #6BB8E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.61:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#94471A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B7E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#92AAE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#15C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Light blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5986B
Analogous#6BE5D5, #6B7BE5
Triadic#E56BB8, #B8E56B
Split complementary#E56B7B, #E5D56B
Tetradic#D56BE5, #E5986B, #7BE56B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF6FC
Lighter +20%#C2E2F4
Lighter +10%#96CDED
Darker −10%#40A3DD
Darker −20%#238BC7
Darker −30%#1B6C9C
Darker −40%#144E70
More saturated +25%#55BEFB
Less saturated −25%#81B2CF

Channel breakdown

R107
G184
B229
Red107 (42%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue202.13°
Saturation (HSL)70.11%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G B8 · B E5

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