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Recognised as Colour

#6BEAFF

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

#6BEAFF is a cyan with RGB values 107, 234, 255 and HSL 189°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6BEAFF#6BEAFF
HEX#6BEAFF
RGBrgb(107, 234, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.9176, 1
RGB percentages42%, 91.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.5, 100%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 58%, 100%)
CMYK58%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,072,511
CSS custom property--colour: #6BEAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#941500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1D2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F4F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7Powder blue · ΔE 19.9Aqua · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF806B
Analogous#6BFFCA, #6BA0FF
Triadic#FF6BEA, #EAFF6B
Split complementary#FF6BA0, #FFCA6B
Tetradic#CA6BFF, #FF806B, #A0FF6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1F8FF
Lighter +10%#9EF1FF
Darker −10%#38E3FF
Darker −20%#05DCFF
Darker −30%#00B3D1
Darker −40%#00889E
More saturated +25%#6BEAFF
Less saturated −25%#7EDDED

Channel breakdown

R107
G234
B255
Red107 (42%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6B · G EA · B FF

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