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Recognised as Colour

#6DC2EA

  • #6DC2EA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6DC2EA is a cyan with RGB values 109, 194, 234 and HSL 199°, 75%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6DC2EA#6DC2EA
HEX#6DC2EA
RGBrgb(109, 194, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7608, 0.9176
RGB percentages42.7%, 76.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(199.2, 74.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 53.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK53.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,193,322
CSS custom property--colour: #6DC2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#923D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#0BCDCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.5Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA956D
Analogous#6DEAD4, #6D83EA
Triadic#EA6DC2, #C2EA6D
Split complementary#EA6D83, #EAD46D
Tetradic#D46DEA, #EA956D, #83EA6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FAFD
Lighter +20%#C6E7F7
Lighter +10%#9AD5F0
Darker −10%#40AFE4
Darker −20%#1E99D3
Darker −30%#1879A6
Darker −40%#11587A
More saturated +25%#58CAFF
Less saturated −25%#82BAD5

Channel breakdown

R109
G194
B234
Red109 (42.7%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)74.85%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G C2 · B EA

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