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Recognised as Colour

#6CC8FB

  • #6CC8FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6CC8FB is a blue with RGB values 108, 200, 251 and HSL 201°, 95%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6CC8FB#6CC8FB
HEX#6CC8FB
RGBrgb(108, 200, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7843, 0.9843
RGB percentages42.4%, 78.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(201.4, 94.7%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.4, 57%, 98.4%)
CMYK57%, 20.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,129,339
CSS custom property--colour: #6CC8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#933704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB7FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Light blue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9F6C
Analogous#6CFBE6, #6C81FB
Triadic#FB6CC8, #C8FB6C
Split complementary#FB6C81, #FBE66C
Tetradic#E66CFB, #FB9F6C, #81FB6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CFEDFE
Lighter +10%#9EDBFC
Darker −10%#3AB5FA
Darker −20%#09A3F8
Darker −30%#0583C9
Darker −40%#046397
More saturated +25%#68C9FF
Less saturated −25%#7FC3E8

Channel breakdown

R108
G200
B251
Red108 (42.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue201.4°
Saturation (HSL)94.7%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G C8 · B FB

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