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Recognised as Colour

#6DDEFE

  • #6DDEFE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6DDEFE is a cyan with RGB values 109, 222, 254 and HSL 193°, 99%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6DDEFE#6DDEFE
HEX#6DDEFE
RGBrgb(109, 222, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8706, 0.9961
RGB percentages42.7%, 87.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(193.2, 98.6%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 57.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK57.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,200,510
CSS custom property--colour: #6DDEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#922101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 18.6Powder blue · ΔE 19.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE8D6D
Analogous#6DFED6, #6D95FE
Triadic#FE6DDE, #DEFE6D
Split complementary#FE6D95, #FED56D
Tetradic#D66DFE, #FE8D6D, #95FE6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F5FF
Lighter +10%#A0E9FE
Darker −10%#3AD3FE
Darker −20%#08C7FD
Darker −30%#01A3D1
Darker −40%#017B9E
More saturated +25%#6CDFFF
Less saturated −25%#7FD4EC

Channel breakdown

R109
G222
B254
Red109 (42.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue193.24°
Saturation (HSL)98.64%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G DE · B FE

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