Recognised as Colour

#6CE9FD

#6CE9FD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#6CE9FD is a cyan with RGB values 108, 233, 253 and HSL 188°, 97%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6CE9FD#6CE9FD

HEX#6CE9FD

RGBrgb(108, 233, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9137, 0.9922

RGB percentages42.4%, 91.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(188.3, 97.3%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 57.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK57.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,137,789

CSS custom property--colour: #6CE9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#931602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7E1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1D1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Powder blue · ΔE 19.4 Aqua · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FD806C

Analogous#6CFDC9, #6CA0FD

Triadic#FD6CE9, #E9FD6C

Split complementary#FD6CA0, #FDC96C

Tetradic#C96CFD, #FD806C, #A0FD6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D1F8FE

Lighter +10%#9EF1FE

Darker −10%#3AE1FC

Darker −20%#07DAFC

Darker −30%#03B1CD

Darker −40%#02869B

More saturated +25%#6AEAFF

Less saturated −25%#7FDCEA

Channel breakdown

R108

G233

B253

Red108 (42.4%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue188.28°

Saturation (HSL)97.32%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6C · G E9 · B FD

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Colour values

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