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Recognised as Colour

#6CCCE8

  • #6CCCE8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6CCCE8 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 204, 232 and HSL 194°, 73%, 67%. 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

#6CCCE8#6CCCE8
HEX#6CCCE8
RGBrgb(108, 204, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.8, 0.9098
RGB percentages42.4%, 80%, 91%
HSLhsl(193.5, 72.9%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 53.4%, 91%)
CMYK53.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,130,344
CSS custom property--colour: #6CCCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#933317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAC7EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 18.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8886C
Analogous#6CE8C6, #6C8EE8
Triadic#E86CCC, #CCE86C
Split complementary#E86C8E, #E8C66C
Tetradic#C66CE8, #E8886C, #8EE86C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FAFD
Lighter +20%#C4EBF6
Lighter +10%#98DBEF
Darker −10%#40BDE1
Darker −20%#20A7CE
Darker −30%#1983A2
Darker −40%#125F76
More saturated +25%#57D8FD
Less saturated −25%#81C0D3

Channel breakdown

R108
G204
B232
Red108 (42.4%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue193.55°
Saturation (HSL)72.94%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G CC · B E8

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