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Recognised as Colour

#6BCEFF

  • #6BCEFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6BCEFF is a cyan with RGB values 107, 206, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6BCEFF#6BCEFF
HEX#6BCEFF
RGBrgb(107, 206, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8078, 1
RGB percentages42%, 80.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.9, 100%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.9, 58%, 100%)
CMYK58%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,065,343
CSS custom property--colour: #6BCEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.9:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#943100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 22.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5Powder blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9C6B
Analogous#6BFFE6, #6B84FF
Triadic#FF6BCE, #CEFF6B
Split complementary#FF6B84, #FFE66B
Tetradic#E66BFF, #FF9C6B, #84FF6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1F0FF
Lighter +10%#9EDFFF
Darker −10%#38BDFF
Darker −20%#05ACFF
Darker −30%#008CD1
Darker −40%#006A9E
More saturated +25%#6BCEFF
Less saturated −25%#7EC8ED

Channel breakdown

R107
G206
B255
Red107 (42%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.86°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G CE · B FF

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