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Colour

#6EB6E6

  • #6EB6E6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6EB6E6 is a blue with RGB values 110, 182, 230 and HSL 204°, 71%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EB6E6#6EB6E6
HEX#6EB6E6
RGBrgb(110, 182, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7137, 0.902
RGB percentages43.1%, 71.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(204, 70.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 52.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK52.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,255,782
CSS custom property--colour: #6EB6E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#914919

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B5E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A9E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#25C2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Light blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69E6E
Analogous#6EE6DA, #6E7AE6
Triadic#E66EB6, #B6E66E
Split complementary#E66E7A, #E6DA6E
Tetradic#DA6EE6, #E69E6E, #7AE66E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F8FD
Lighter +20%#C5E2F5
Lighter +10%#9ACCEE
Darker −10%#43A0DF
Darker −20%#2388CB
Darker −30%#1B6BA0
Darker −40%#144E74
More saturated +25%#59BAFB
Less saturated −25%#83B2D1

Channel breakdown

R110
G182
B230
Red110 (43.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)70.59%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G B6 · B E6

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