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Colour

#6EC6FE

  • #6EC6FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6EC6FE is a blue with RGB values 110, 198, 254 and HSL 203°, 99%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6EC6FE#6EC6FE
HEX#6EC6FE
RGBrgb(110, 198, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7765, 0.9961
RGB percentages43.1%, 77.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(203.3, 98.6%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 56.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK56.7%, 22%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,259,902
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#913901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99B6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5Light blue · ΔE 25.1Steel blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEA66E
Analogous#6EFEEE, #6E7EFE
Triadic#FE6EC6, #C6FE6E
Split complementary#FE6E7E, #FEEE6E
Tetradic#EE6EFE, #FEA66E, #7EFE6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3EEFF
Lighter +10%#A1DAFE
Darker −10%#3BB2FE
Darker −20%#099EFD
Darker −30%#0181D2
Darker −40%#01629F
More saturated +25%#6DC6FF
Less saturated −25%#80C2EC

Channel breakdown

R110
G198
B254
Red110 (43.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue203.33°
Saturation (HSL)98.63%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G C6 · B FE

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