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Recognised as Colour

#6BDEFF

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

#6BDEFF is a cyan with RGB values 107, 222, 255 and HSL 193°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BDEFF#6BDEFF
HEX#6BDEFF
RGBrgb(107, 222, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8706, 1
RGB percentages42%, 87.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.4, 100%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.4, 58%, 100%)
CMYK58%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,069,439
CSS custom property--colour: #6BDEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#942100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C8FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.3Light blue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8C6B
Analogous#6BFFD6, #6B94FF
Triadic#FF6BDE, #DEFF6B
Split complementary#FF6B94, #FFD66B
Tetradic#D66BFF, #FF8C6B, #94FF6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1F5FF
Lighter +10%#9EE9FF
Darker −10%#38D3FF
Darker −20%#05C7FF
Darker −30%#00A2D1
Darker −40%#007B9E
More saturated +25%#6BDEFF
Less saturated −25%#7ED4ED

Channel breakdown

R107
G222
B255
Red107 (42%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G DE · B FF

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