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Recognised as Colour

#6BBDFE

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

#6BBDFE is a blue with RGB values 107, 189, 254 and HSL 207°, 99%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6BBDFE#6BBDFE
HEX#6BBDFE
RGBrgb(107, 189, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7412, 0.9961
RGB percentages42%, 74.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(206.5, 98.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.5, 57.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK57.9%, 25.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,060,990
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.34:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#944201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 20.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.9Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEAC6B
Analogous#6BFEF5, #6B73FE
Triadic#FE6BBD, #BDFE6B
Split complementary#FE6B73, #FEF66B
Tetradic#F56BFE, #FEAC6B, #73FE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0EAFF
Lighter +10%#9ED4FE
Darker −10%#38A6FE
Darker −20%#0690FD
Darker −30%#0174CF
Darker −40%#01579C
More saturated +25%#6ABDFF
Less saturated −25%#7EBBEB

Channel breakdown

R107
G189
B254
Red107 (42%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue206.53°
Saturation (HSL)98.66%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G BD · B FE

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