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Recognised as Colour

#6DC5EF

  • #6DC5EF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6DC5EF is a cyan with RGB values 109, 197, 239 and HSL 199°, 80%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6DC5EF#6DC5EF
HEX#6DC5EF
RGBrgb(109, 197, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7725, 0.9373
RGB percentages42.7%, 77.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(199.4, 80.2%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 54.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK54.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,194,095
CSS custom property--colour: #6DC5EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#923A10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.7Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Light blue · ΔE 19.6Powder blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF976D
Analogous#6DEFD8, #6D84EF
Triadic#EF6DC5, #C5EF6D
Split complementary#EF6D84, #EFD86D
Tetradic#D86DEF, #EF976D, #84EF6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFE
Lighter +20%#C9EAF9
Lighter +10%#9BD7F4
Darker −10%#3FB3EA
Darker −20%#189EDE
Darker −30%#137DB0
Darker −40%#0E5C82
More saturated +25%#5DCBFF
Less saturated −25%#81BEDB

Channel breakdown

R109
G197
B239
Red109 (42.7%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue199.38°
Saturation (HSL)80.25%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G C5 · B EF

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