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Recognised as Colour

#6EB6D2

  • #6EB6D2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EB6D2 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 182, 210 and HSL 197°, 53%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EB6D2#6EB6D2
HEX#6EB6D2
RGBrgb(110, 182, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7137, 0.8235
RGB percentages43.1%, 71.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(196.8, 52.6%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 47.6%, 82.4%)
CMYK47.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,255,762
CSS custom property--colour: #6EB6D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#91492D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B3D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A7D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3CBFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 17Light steelblue · ΔE 17Cadetblue · ΔE 17.2Powder blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D28A6E
Analogous#6ED2BC, #6E84D2
Triadic#D26EB6, #B6D26E
Split complementary#D26E84, #D2BC6E
Tetradic#BC6ED2, #D28A6E, #84D26E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F1F6
Lighter +20%#BCDDEA
Lighter +10%#95CADE
Darker −10%#47A2C6
Darker −20%#3486A6
Darker −30%#28677F
Darker −40%#1B4759
More saturated +25%#56C0EA
Less saturated −25%#86ACBA

Channel breakdown

R110
G182
B210
Red110 (43.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue196.8°
Saturation (HSL)52.63%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G B6 · B D2

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