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Recognised as Colour

#6BD6FA

  • #6BD6FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6BD6FA is a cyan with RGB values 107, 214, 250 and HSL 195°, 93%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BD6FA#6BD6FA
HEX#6BD6FA
RGBrgb(107, 214, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8392, 0.9804
RGB percentages42%, 83.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(195.1, 93.5%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.1, 57.2%, 98%)
CMYK57.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,067,386
CSS custom property--colour: #6BD6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.62:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#942905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1D1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACC2FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18.7Powder blue · ΔE 20.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA8F6B
Analogous#6BFAD7, #6B8EFA
Triadic#FA6BD6, #D6FA6B
Split complementary#FA6B8E, #FAD66B
Tetradic#D76BFA, #FA8F6B, #8FFA6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CEF1FD
Lighter +10%#9CE4FC
Darker −10%#3AC8F8
Darker −20%#08BBF7
Darker −30%#0795C5
Darker −40%#057094
More saturated +25%#66D8FF
Less saturated −25%#7ECDE7

Channel breakdown

R107
G214
B250
Red107 (42%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue195.1°
Saturation (HSL)93.46%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G D6 · B FA

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