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Recognised as Colour

#6CB9E7

  • #6CB9E7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6CB9E7 is a blue with RGB values 108, 185, 231 and HSL 202°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6CB9E7#6CB9E7
HEX#6CB9E7
RGBrgb(108, 185, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7255, 0.9059
RGB percentages42.4%, 72.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(202.4, 71.9%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.4, 53.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK53.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,125,479
CSS custom property--colour: #6CB9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#934618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B8E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#93ABE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#16C5C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Light blue · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E79A6C
Analogous#6CE7D8, #6C7BE7
Triadic#E76CB9, #B9E76C
Split complementary#E76C7B, #E7D76C
Tetradic#D86CE7, #E79A6C, #7CE76C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F8FC
Lighter +20%#C4E3F5
Lighter +10%#98CEEE
Darker −10%#40A4E0
Darker −20%#218CCC
Darker −30%#1A6EA0
Darker −40%#135074
More saturated +25%#57BEFC
Less saturated −25%#81B4D2

Channel breakdown

R108
G185
B231
Red108 (42.4%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue202.44°
Saturation (HSL)71.93%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G B9 · B E7

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