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Recognised as Colour

#6CCCE0

  • #6CCCE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6CCCE0 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 204, 224 and HSL 190°, 65%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6CCCE0#6CCCE0
HEX#6CCCE0
RGBrgb(108, 204, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.8, 0.8784
RGB percentages42.4%, 80%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(190.3, 65.2%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 51.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK51.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,130,336
CSS custom property--colour: #6CCCE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#93331F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC6E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB9E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#17D4D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0806C
Analogous#6CE0BA, #6C92E0
Triadic#E06CCC, #CCE06C
Split complementary#E06C92, #E0BA6C
Tetradic#BA6CE0, #E0806C, #92E06C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF8FB
Lighter +20%#C0E9F2
Lighter +10%#96DBE9
Darker −10%#42BDD7
Darker −20%#28A4BE
Darker −30%#1F8094
Darker −40%#165B6A
More saturated +25%#56DBF6
Less saturated −25%#82BDCA

Channel breakdown

R108
G204
B224
Red108 (42.4%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue190.34°
Saturation (HSL)65.17%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G CC · B E0

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