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Colour

#6BC9DB

  • #6BC9DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6BC9DB is a cyan with RGB values 107, 201, 219 and HSL 190°, 61%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BC9DB#6BC9DB
HEX#6BC9DB
RGBrgb(107, 201, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7882, 0.8588
RGB percentages42%, 78.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(189.6, 60.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 51.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK51.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,064,027
CSS custom property--colour: #6BC9DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#943624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B6DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1ED1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 15.6Powder blue · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB7D6B
Analogous#6BDBB5, #6B91DB
Triadic#DB6BC9, #C9DB6B
Split complementary#DB6B91, #DBB56B
Tetradic#B56BDB, #DB7D6B, #91DB6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F6F9
Lighter +20%#BDE7EF
Lighter +10%#94D8E5
Darker −10%#42BAD1
Darker −20%#2C9EB4
Darker −30%#227A8B
Darker −40%#185662
More saturated +25%#54D9F2
Less saturated −25%#82B9C4

Channel breakdown

R107
G201
B219
Red107 (42%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue189.64°
Saturation (HSL)60.87%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G C9 · B DB

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