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Recognised as Colour

#6EBDEE

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

#6EBDEE is a blue with RGB values 110, 189, 238 and HSL 203°, 79%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EBDEE#6EBDEE
HEX#6EBDEE
RGBrgb(110, 189, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7412, 0.9333
RGB percentages43.1%, 74.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(203, 79%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 53.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK53.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,257,582
CSS custom property--colour: #6EBDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#914211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#0DCACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.1Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 22Light blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9F6E
Analogous#6EEEDF, #6E7DEE
Triadic#EE6EBD, #BDEE6E
Split complementary#EE6E7D, #EEDF6E
Tetradic#DF6EEE, #EE9F6E, #7DEE6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FBFE
Lighter +20%#C9E7F9
Lighter +10%#9CD2F3
Darker −10%#40A8E9
Darker −20%#1A92DC
Darker −30%#1474AF
Darker −40%#0F5581
More saturated +25%#5DC1FF
Less saturated −25%#82B8DA

Channel breakdown

R110
G189
B238
Red110 (43.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue202.97°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G BD · B EE

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