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Recognised as Colour

#6EB7DA

  • #6EB7DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EB7DA is a cyan with RGB values 110, 183, 218 and HSL 199°, 59%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EB7DA#6EB7DA
HEX#6EB7DA
RGBrgb(110, 183, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7176, 0.8549
RGB percentages43.1%, 71.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(199.4, 59.3%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 49.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK49.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,256,026
CSS custom property--colour: #6EB7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#914825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#34C1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA916E
Analogous#6EDAC7, #6E81DA
Triadic#DA6EB7, #B7DA6E
Split complementary#DA6E81, #DAC76E
Tetradic#C76EDA, #DA916E, #81DA6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F4F9
Lighter +20%#BFDFEF
Lighter +10%#97CBE4
Darker −10%#45A3D0
Darker −20%#2E89B4
Darker −30%#246A8B
Darker −40%#194B63
More saturated +25%#57BFF1
Less saturated −25%#85AFC3

Channel breakdown

R110
G183
B218
Red110 (43.1%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue199.44°
Saturation (HSL)59.34%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G B7 · B DA

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