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Recognised as Colour

#6CB7FD

  • #6CB7FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#6CB7FD is a blue with RGB values 108, 183, 253 and HSL 209°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6CB7FD#6CB7FD
HEX#6CB7FD
RGBrgb(108, 183, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7176, 0.9922
RGB percentages42.4%, 71.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(209, 97.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 57.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK57.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,124,989
CSS custom property--colour: #6CB7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#934802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ABFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB26C
Analogous#6CFDFB, #6C6EFD
Triadic#FD6CB7, #B7FD6C
Split complementary#FD6C6F, #FDFB6C
Tetradic#FA6CFD, #FDB26C, #6EFD6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1E8FE
Lighter +10%#9ED0FE
Darker −10%#3A9EFC
Darker −20%#0786FC
Darker −30%#036BCD
Darker −40%#02519B
More saturated +25%#6AB7FF
Less saturated −25%#7FB6EA

Channel breakdown

R108
G183
B253
Red108 (42.4%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue208.97°
Saturation (HSL)97.32%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G B7 · B FD

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