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Recognised as Colour

#6BBCD6

  • #6BBCD6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6BBCD6 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 188, 214 and HSL 195°, 57%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BBCD6#6BBCD6
HEX#6BBCD6
RGBrgb(107, 188, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7373, 0.8392
RGB percentages42%, 73.7%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(194.6, 56.6%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 50%, 83.9%)
CMYK50%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,060,694
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBCD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#944329

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB8D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CACD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2DC5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Powder blue · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6856B
Analogous#6BD6BA, #6B87D6
Triadic#D66BBC, #BCD66B
Split complementary#D66B86, #D6BA6B
Tetradic#BB6BD6, #D6856B, #87D66B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F2F7
Lighter +20%#BBE0EC
Lighter +10%#93CEE1
Darker −10%#43AACB
Darker −20%#308DAB
Darker −30%#246C84
Darker −40%#194C5C
More saturated +25%#53C8EE
Less saturated −25%#83B0BE

Channel breakdown

R107
G188
B214
Red107 (42%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue194.58°
Saturation (HSL)56.61%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G BC · B D6

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