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Recognised as Colour

#6EADE4

  • #6EADE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6EADE4 is a blue with RGB values 110, 173, 228 and HSL 208°, 69%, 66%. 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

#6EADE4#6EADE4
HEX#6EADE4
RGBrgb(110, 173, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6784, 0.8941
RGB percentages43.1%, 67.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(208, 68.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 51.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK51.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,253,476
CSS custom property--colour: #6EADE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#91521B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96AEE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A2E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#2CBAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 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 text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4A56E
Analogous#6EE4E0, #6E72E4
Triadic#E46EAD, #ADE46E
Split complementary#E46E72, #E4E06E
Tetradic#E06EE4, #E4A56E, #72E46E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF6FC
Lighter +20%#C4DEF4
Lighter +10%#99C5EC
Darker −10%#4395DC
Darker −20%#257BC7
Darker −30%#1D619C
Darker −40%#154671
More saturated +25%#59AEFA
Less saturated −25%#84ACCF

Channel breakdown

R110
G173
B228
Red110 (43.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue207.97°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G AD · B E4

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