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Recognised as Colour

#6BCCDA

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

#6BCCDA is a cyan with RGB values 107, 204, 218 and HSL 188°, 60%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BCCDA#6BCCDA
HEX#6BCCDA
RGBrgb(107, 204, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8, 0.8549
RGB percentages42%, 80%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(187.6, 60%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.6, 50.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK50.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,064,794
CSS custom property--colour: #6BCCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#943325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC5DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#1ED3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA796B
Analogous#6BDAB0, #6B95DA
Triadic#DA6BCC, #CCDA6B
Split complementary#DA6B95, #DAB06B
Tetradic#B06BDA, #DA796B, #95DA6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F6F9
Lighter +20%#BDE8EE
Lighter +10%#94DAE4
Darker −10%#42BED0
Darker −20%#2DA2B2
Darker −30%#227D8A
Darker −40%#185861
More saturated +25%#54DDF1
Less saturated −25%#82BBC3

Channel breakdown

R107
G204
B218
Red107 (42%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue187.57°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G CC · B DA

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