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Recognised as Colour

#6DB8FF

  • #6DB8FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#6DB8FF is a blue with RGB values 109, 184, 255 and HSL 209°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#6DB8FF#6DB8FF
HEX#6DB8FF
RGBrgb(109, 184, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7216, 1
RGB percentages42.7%, 72.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(209.2, 100%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.2, 57.3%, 100%)
CMYK57.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,190,783
CSS custom property--colour: #6DB8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#924700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9ABAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ACFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Sky blue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB46D
Analogous#6DFFFD, #6D6FFF
Triadic#FF6DB8, #B8FF6D
Split complementary#FF6D6F, #FFFD6D
Tetradic#FD6DFF, #FFB46D, #6FFF6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3EAFF
Lighter +10%#A0D1FF
Darker −10%#3A9FFF
Darker −20%#0786FF
Darker −30%#006CD3
Darker −40%#0052A0
More saturated +25%#6DB8FF
Less saturated −25%#7FB7ED

Channel breakdown

R109
G184
B255
Red109 (42.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue209.18°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G B8 · B FF

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