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Recognised as Colour

#6DBED7

  • #6DBED7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6DBED7 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 190, 215 and HSL 194°, 57%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6DBED7#6DBED7
HEX#6DBED7
RGBrgb(109, 190, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7451, 0.8431
RGB percentages42.7%, 74.5%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(194.2, 57%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 49.3%, 84.3%)
CMYK49.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,192,279
CSS custom property--colour: #6DBED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#924128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FAED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#31C6C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.2Light skyblue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Powder blue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7866D
Analogous#6DD7BB, #6D89D7
Triadic#D76DBE, #BED76D
Split complementary#D76D89, #D7BB6D
Tetradic#BB6DD7, #D7866D, #89D76D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F3F8
Lighter +20%#BDE2ED
Lighter +10%#95D0E2
Darker −10%#45ACCC
Darker −20%#3090AE
Darker −30%#256F86
Darker −40%#1A4E5E
More saturated +25%#56CAEE
Less saturated −25%#84B2C0

Channel breakdown

R109
G190
B215
Red109 (42.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue194.15°
Saturation (HSL)56.99%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G BE · B D7

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