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Recognised as Colour

#6CE6FF

  • #6CE6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6CE6FF is a cyan with RGB values 108, 230, 255 and HSL 190°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6CE6FF#6CE6FF
HEX#6CE6FF
RGBrgb(108, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages42.4%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(190.2, 100%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.2, 57.6%, 100%)
CMYK57.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,137,023
CSS custom property--colour: #6CE6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#931900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00F0EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4Powder blue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF856C
Analogous#6CFFCE, #6C9DFF
Triadic#FF6CE6, #E6FF6C
Split complementary#FF6C9D, #FFCF6C
Tetradic#CE6CFF, #FF856C, #9CFF6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F7FF
Lighter +10%#9FEFFF
Darker −10%#39DDFF
Darker −20%#06D5FF
Darker −30%#00AED2
Darker −40%#00849F
More saturated +25%#6CE6FF
Less saturated −25%#7EDAED

Channel breakdown

R108
G230
B255
Red108 (42.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue190.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G E6 · B FF

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