Recognised as Colour

#6CCBE3

#6CCBE3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#6CCBE3 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 203, 227 and HSL 192°, 68%, 66%. 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

#6CCBE3#6CCBE3

HEX#6CCBE3

RGBrgb(108, 203, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7961, 0.8902

RGB percentages42.4%, 79.6%, 89%

HSLhsl(192.1, 68%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 52.4%, 89%)

CMYK52.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,130,083

CSS custom property--colour: #6CCBE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.2 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#B9B9B9

Inverted#93341C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBC6E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8B8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#10D4D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 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

Sky blue · ΔE 7.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7 Light blue · ΔE 15.6 Powder blue · ΔE 17.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E3846C

Analogous#6CE3C0, #6C8FE3

Triadic#E36CCB, #CBE36C

Split complementary#E36C8F, #E3C06C

Tetradic#C06CE3, #E3846C, #8FE36C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDF8FB

Lighter +20%#C2E9F3

Lighter +10%#97DAEB

Darker −10%#41BCDB

Darker −20%#25A4C4

Darker −30%#1D8099

Darker −40%#155C6E

More saturated +25%#56D8F9

Less saturated −25%#82BECD

Channel breakdown

R108

G203

B227

Red108 (42.4%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue192.1°

Saturation (HSL)68%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6C · G CB · B E3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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