Recognised as Colour

#6CCAEA

#6CCAEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#6CCAEA is a cyan with RGB values 108, 202, 234 and HSL 195°, 75%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6CCAEA#6CCAEA

HEX#6CCAEA

RGBrgb(108, 202, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7922, 0.9176

RGB percentages42.4%, 79.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(195.2, 75%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 53.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK53.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,129,834

CSS custom property--colour: #6CCAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#933515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7C6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5B8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00D4D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 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 text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 9.7 Light blue · ΔE 16.8 Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8 Powder blue · ΔE 19.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EA8C6C

Analogous#6CEACB, #6C8BEA

Triadic#EA6CCA, #CAEA6C

Split complementary#EA6C8B, #EACB6C

Tetradic#CB6CEA, #EA8C6C, #8BEA6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FAFD

Lighter +20%#C5EAF7

Lighter +10%#99DAF0

Darker −10%#3FBAE4

Darker −20%#1EA4D2

Darker −30%#1881A5

Darker −40%#115E79

More saturated +25%#57D4FF

Less saturated −25%#81C0D5

Channel breakdown

R108

G202

B234

Red108 (42.4%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue195.24°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6C · G CA · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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