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Recognised as Colour

#6CC1E9

  • #6CC1E9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6CC1E9 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 193, 233 and HSL 199°, 74%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6CC1E9#6CC1E9
HEX#6CC1E9
RGBrgb(108, 193, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7569, 0.9137
RGB percentages42.4%, 75.7%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(199.2, 74%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 53.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK53.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,127,529
CSS custom property--colour: #6CC1E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.44:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#933E16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#06CCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.7Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.2Powder blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9946C
Analogous#6CE9D3, #6C82E9
Triadic#E96CC1, #C1E96C
Split complementary#E96C82, #E9D36C
Tetradic#D36CE9, #E9946C, #82E96C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F9FD
Lighter +20%#C5E6F6
Lighter +10%#98D4F0
Darker −10%#40AEE2
Darker −20%#1F97D0
Darker −30%#1877A4
Darker −40%#125777
More saturated +25%#57C9FE
Less saturated −25%#81B9D4

Channel breakdown

R108
G193
B233
Red108 (42.4%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)73.96%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G C1 · B E9

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