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Recognised as Colour

#6CCBF2

  • #6CCBF2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6CCBF2 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 203, 242 and HSL 197°, 84%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6CCBF2#6CCBF2
HEX#6CCBF2
RGBrgb(108, 203, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7961, 0.949
RGB percentages42.4%, 79.6%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(197.5, 83.7%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 55.4%, 94.9%)
CMYK55.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,130,098
CSS custom property--colour: #6CCBF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#93340D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C8F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B9F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 7.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.6Light blue · ΔE 18.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4Powder blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2936C
Analogous#6CF2D6, #6C88F2
Triadic#F26CCB, #CBF26C
Split complementary#F26C88, #F2D66C
Tetradic#D66CF2, #F2936C, #88F26C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FDFE
Lighter +20%#CAECFA
Lighter +10%#9BDCF6
Darker −10%#3DBAEE
Darker −20%#14A7E4
Darker −30%#1085B5
Darker −40%#0C6386
More saturated +25%#5FD0FF
Less saturated −25%#80C3DE

Channel breakdown

R108
G203
B242
Red108 (42.4%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue197.46°
Saturation (HSL)83.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G CB · B F2

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