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Recognised as Colour

#6EAEE6

  • #6EAEE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6EAEE6 is a blue with RGB values 110, 174, 230 and HSL 208°, 71%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EAEE6#6EAEE6
HEX#6EAEE6
RGBrgb(110, 174, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6824, 0.902
RGB percentages43.1%, 68.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(208, 70.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 52.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK52.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,253,734
CSS custom property--colour: #6EAEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#915119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96AFE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#29BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6A66E
Analogous#6EE6E2, #6E72E6
Triadic#E66EAE, #AEE66E
Split complementary#E66E72, #E6E26E
Tetradic#E26EE6, #E6A66E, #72E66E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F7FD
Lighter +20%#C5DFF5
Lighter +10%#9AC6EE
Darker −10%#4396DF
Darker −20%#237DCB
Darker −30%#1B62A0
Darker −40%#144774
More saturated +25%#59AFFB
Less saturated −25%#83ADD1

Channel breakdown

R110
G174
B230
Red110 (43.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue208°
Saturation (HSL)70.59%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G AE · B E6

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