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Recognised as Colour

#6BD0FE

  • #6BD0FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6BD0FE is a cyan with RGB values 107, 208, 254 and HSL 199°, 99%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6BD0FE#6BD0FE
HEX#6BD0FE
RGBrgb(107, 208, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8157, 0.9961
RGB percentages42%, 81.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(198.8, 98.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 57.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK57.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,065,854
CSS custom property--colour: #6BD0FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.08:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#942F01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.5Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 21.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22.4Powder blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE996B
Analogous#6BFEE3, #6B86FE
Triadic#FE6BD0, #D0FE6B
Split complementary#FE6B86, #FEE36B
Tetradic#E36BFE, #FE996B, #86FE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0F0FF
Lighter +10%#9EE0FE
Darker −10%#38C0FE
Darker −20%#06B0FD
Darker −30%#018ECF
Darker −40%#016B9C
More saturated +25%#6AD0FF
Less saturated −25%#7EC9EB

Channel breakdown

R107
G208
B254
Red107 (42%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue198.78°
Saturation (HSL)98.66%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G D0 · B FE

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