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Recognised as Colour

#6EC2DB

  • #6EC2DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EC2DB is a cyan with RGB values 110, 194, 219 and HSL 194°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EC2DB#6EC2DB
HEX#6EC2DB
RGBrgb(110, 194, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7608, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.1%, 76.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(193.8, 60.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 49.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,258,843
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC2DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.4:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#913D24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B1DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2ECBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7Light blue · ΔE 15.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB876E
Analogous#6EDBBE, #6E8BDB
Triadic#DB6EC2, #C2DB6E
Split complementary#DB6E8B, #DBBD6E
Tetradic#BE6EDB, #DB876E, #8BDB6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F6F9
Lighter +20%#C0E4EF
Lighter +10%#97D3E5
Darker −10%#45B1D1
Darker −20%#2D96B6
Darker −30%#23758D
Darker −40%#195364
More saturated +25%#57CEF2
Less saturated −25%#85B6C4

Channel breakdown

R110
G194
B219
Red110 (43.1%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue193.76°
Saturation (HSL)60.22%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G C2 · B DB

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