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Recognised as Colour

#6EC7E4

  • #6EC7E4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EC7E4 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 199, 228 and HSL 195°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EC7E4#6EC7E4
HEX#6EC7E4
RGBrgb(110, 199, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7804, 0.8941
RGB percentages43.1%, 78%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(194.7, 68.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 51.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK51.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,260,132
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC7E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.95:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#91381B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B5E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1ED0D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 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 text10.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Light blue · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E48B6E
Analogous#6EE4C6, #6E8CE4
Triadic#E46EC7, #C7E46E
Split complementary#E46E8C, #E4C66E
Tetradic#C66EE4, #E48B6E, #8CE46E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF9FC
Lighter +20%#C4E8F4
Lighter +10%#99D8EC
Darker −10%#43B6DC
Darker −20%#259FC7
Darker −30%#1D7D9C
Darker −40%#155A71
More saturated +25%#59D2FA
Less saturated −25%#84BCCF

Channel breakdown

R110
G199
B228
Red110 (43.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue194.75°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G C7 · B E4

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