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Recognised as Colour

#6EB8DB

  • #6EB8DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EB8DB is a cyan with RGB values 110, 184, 219 and HSL 199°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EB8DB#6EB8DB
HEX#6EB8DB
RGBrgb(110, 184, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7216, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.1%, 72.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(199.3, 60.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.3, 49.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.8%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,256,283
CSS custom property--colour: #6EB8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#914724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#32C2C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB916E
Analogous#6EDBC7, #6E82DB
Triadic#DB6EB8, #B8DB6E
Split complementary#DB6E82, #DBC76E
Tetradic#C76EDB, #DB916E, #82DB6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F4F9
Lighter +20%#C0E0EF
Lighter +10%#97CCE5
Darker −10%#45A4D1
Darker −20%#2D8AB6
Darker −30%#236B8D
Darker −40%#194C64
More saturated +25%#57C0F2
Less saturated −25%#85B0C4

Channel breakdown

R110
G184
B219
Red110 (43.1%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue199.27°
Saturation (HSL)60.22%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G B8 · B DB

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