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Colour

#6BBCFD

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

#6BBCFD is a blue with RGB values 107, 188, 253 and HSL 207°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6BBCFD#6BBCFD
HEX#6BBCFD
RGBrgb(107, 188, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7373, 0.9922
RGB percentages42%, 73.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(206.7, 97.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 57.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK57.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,060,733
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBCFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#944302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CAEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDAC6B
Analogous#6BFDF5, #6B73FD
Triadic#FD6BBC, #BCFD6B
Split complementary#FD6B73, #FDF56B
Tetradic#F56BFD, #FDAC6B, #73FD6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0EAFE
Lighter +10%#9DD3FE
Darker −10%#39A5FC
Darker −20%#068EFC
Darker −30%#0373CC
Darker −40%#02569A
More saturated +25%#69BCFF
Less saturated −25%#7EBAEA

Channel breakdown

R107
G188
B253
Red107 (42%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue206.71°
Saturation (HSL)97.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G BC · B FD

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