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Recognised as Colour

#6DCDF4

  • #6DCDF4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6DCDF4 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 205, 244 and HSL 197°, 86%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6DCDF4#6DCDF4
HEX#6DCDF4
RGBrgb(109, 205, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8039, 0.9569
RGB percentages42.7%, 80.4%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(197.3, 86%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.3, 55.3%, 95.7%)
CMYK55.3%, 16%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,196,148
CSS custom property--colour: #6DCDF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#92320B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C9F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BBF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7Sky blue · ΔE 7.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 18.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Powder blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4946D
Analogous#6DF4D7, #6D8AF4
Triadic#F46DCD, #CDF46D
Split complementary#F46D8A, #F4D76D
Tetradic#D76DF4, #F4946D, #8AF46D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFEFF
Lighter +20%#CCEDFB
Lighter +10%#9CDDF8
Darker −10%#3EBDF0
Darker −20%#12ABE9
Darker −30%#0E88BA
Darker −40%#0A668B
More saturated +25%#62D2FF
Less saturated −25%#81C5E0

Channel breakdown

R109
G205
B244
Red109 (42.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue197.33°
Saturation (HSL)85.99%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G CD · B F4

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