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Recognised as Colour

#6EACEA

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

#6EACEA is a blue with RGB values 110, 172, 234 and HSL 210°, 75%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EACEA#6EACEA
HEX#6EACEA
RGBrgb(110, 172, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6745, 0.9176
RGB percentages43.1%, 67.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(210, 74.7%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 53%, 91.8%)
CMYK53%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,253,226
CSS custom property--colour: #6EACEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#915315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92AEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#23BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 22.7Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAAC6E
Analogous#6EEAEA, #6E6EEA
Triadic#EA6EAC, #ACEA6E
Split complementary#EA6E6E, #EAEA6E
Tetradic#EA6EEA, #EAAC6E, #6EEA6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F9FD
Lighter +20%#C7DFF7
Lighter +10%#9BC6F0
Darker −10%#4193E4
Darker −20%#1F79D3
Darker −30%#1860A7
Darker −40%#12467A
More saturated +25%#59ACFF
Less saturated −25%#83ACD5

Channel breakdown

R110
G172
B234
Red110 (43.1%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)74.7%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G AC · B EA

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