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Recognised as Colour

#6EC3DB

  • #6EC3DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EC3DB is a cyan with RGB values 110, 195, 219 and HSL 193°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EC3DB#6EC3DB
HEX#6EC3DB
RGBrgb(110, 195, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7647, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.1%, 76.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(193.2, 60.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 49.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.8%, 11%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,259,099
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC3DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#913C24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B2DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#2ECBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 17.5Cadetblue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB866E
Analogous#6EDBBC, #6E8CDB
Triadic#DB6EC3, #C3DB6E
Split complementary#DB6E8D, #DBBC6E
Tetradic#BC6EDB, #DB866E, #8CDB6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F6F9
Lighter +20%#C0E5EF
Lighter +10%#97D4E5
Darker −10%#45B2D1
Darker −20%#2D98B6
Darker −30%#23768D
Darker −40%#195464
More saturated +25%#57D0F2
Less saturated −25%#85B6C4

Channel breakdown

R110
G195
B219
Red110 (43.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue193.21°
Saturation (HSL)60.22%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G C3 · B DB

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