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Recognised as Colour

#6CDBFF

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

#6CDBFF is a cyan with RGB values 108, 219, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6CDBFF#6CDBFF
HEX#6CDBFF
RGBrgb(108, 219, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.8588, 1
RGB percentages42.4%, 85.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(194.7, 100%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 57.6%, 100%)
CMYK57.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,134,207
CSS custom property--colour: #6CDBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#932400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 20.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF906C
Analogous#6CFFDA, #6C91FF
Triadic#FF6CDB, #DBFF6C
Split complementary#FF6C91, #FFDA6C
Tetradic#DA6CFF, #FF906C, #91FF6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F4FF
Lighter +10%#9FE7FF
Darker −10%#39CFFF
Darker −20%#06C2FF
Darker −30%#009FD2
Darker −40%#00789F
More saturated +25%#6CDBFF
Less saturated −25%#7ED2ED

Channel breakdown

R108
G219
B255
Red108 (42.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue194.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G DB · B FF

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