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Recognised as Colour

#6BBEE6

  • #6BBEE6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6BBEE6 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 190, 230 and HSL 200°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6BBEE6#6BBEE6
HEX#6BBEE6
RGBrgb(107, 190, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7451, 0.902
RGB percentages42%, 74.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(199.5, 71.1%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 53.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK53.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,061,222
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#944119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABCE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AEE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#0CC9CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.3Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.7Light blue · ΔE 19.6Powder blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6936B
Analogous#6BE6D1, #6B81E6
Triadic#E66BBE, #BEE66B
Split complementary#E66B81, #E6D06B
Tetradic#D16BE6, #E6936B, #81E66B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF7FC
Lighter +20%#C2E4F5
Lighter +10%#97D1ED
Darker −10%#3FABDF
Darker −20%#2293C9
Darker −30%#1B739D
Darker −40%#135372
More saturated +25%#55C6FC
Less saturated −25%#81B6D0

Channel breakdown

R107
G190
B230
Red107 (42%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue199.51°
Saturation (HSL)71.1%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G BE · B E6

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