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Recognised as Colour

#6EA8CD

  • #6EA8CD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6EA8CD is a blue with RGB values 110, 168, 205 and HSL 203°, 49%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EA8CD#6EA8CD
HEX#6EA8CD
RGBrgb(110, 168, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6588, 0.8039
RGB percentages43.1%, 65.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(203.4, 48.7%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.4, 46.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK46.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,252,173
CSS custom property--colour: #6EA8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#915732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A9DCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#43B1B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Slate grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD936E
Analogous#6ECDC3, #6E79CD
Triadic#CD6EA8, #A8CD6E
Split complementary#CD6E79, #CDC36E
Tetradic#C36ECD, #CD936E, #79CD6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0ECF4
Lighter +20%#BAD6E7
Lighter +10%#94BFDA
Darker −10%#4891C0
Darker −20%#37769E
Darker −30%#2A5A78
Darker −40%#1C3D53
More saturated +25%#56ADE5
Less saturated −25%#86A3B5

Channel breakdown

R110
G168
B205
Red110 (43.1%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue203.37°
Saturation (HSL)48.72%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G A8 · B CD

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