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Recognised as Colour

#6BBFDD

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

#6BBFDD is a cyan with RGB values 107, 191, 221 and HSL 196°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BBFDD#6BBFDD
HEX#6BBFDD
RGBrgb(107, 191, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.749, 0.8667
RGB percentages42%, 74.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(195.8, 62.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 51.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK51.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,061,469
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.12:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#944022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBBDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#21C8C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 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 text10.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 16.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD896B
Analogous#6BDDC2, #6B86DD
Triadic#DD6BBF, #BFDD6B
Split complementary#DD6B86, #DDC26B
Tetradic#C26BDD, #DD896B, #86DD6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F5FA
Lighter +20%#BEE3F0
Lighter +10%#94D1E7
Darker −10%#42ADD3
Darker −20%#2A93B8
Darker −30%#21718E
Darker −40%#175065
More saturated +25%#54CAF4
Less saturated −25%#82B4C6

Channel breakdown

R107
G191
B221
Red107 (42%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G BF · B DD

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