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Recognised as Colour

#6EC7E1

  • #6EC7E1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EC7E1 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 199, 225 and HSL 194°, 66%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EC7E1#6EC7E1
HEX#6EC7E1
RGBrgb(110, 199, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7804, 0.8824
RGB percentages43.1%, 78%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(193.6, 65.7%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 51.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK51.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,260,129
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC7E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.92:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#91381E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C2E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B5E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#24D0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 15.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Cadetblue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1886E
Analogous#6EE1C2, #6E8DE1
Triadic#E16EC7, #C7E16E
Split complementary#E16E8D, #E1C26E
Tetradic#C26EE1, #E1886E, #8DE16E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF8FB
Lighter +20%#C3E8F2
Lighter +10%#98D7EA
Darker −10%#44B7D8
Darker −20%#289EC1
Darker −30%#1F7C97
Darker −40%#16596D
More saturated +25%#58D3F7
Less saturated −25%#84BBCB

Channel breakdown

R110
G199
B225
Red110 (43.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue193.57°
Saturation (HSL)65.71%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G C7 · B E1

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