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Recognised as Colour

#6ECDF9

  • #6ECDF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6ECDF9 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 205, 249 and HSL 199°, 92%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6ECDF9#6ECDF9
HEX#6ECDF9
RGBrgb(110, 205, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.8039, 0.9765
RGB percentages43.1%, 80.4%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(199, 92.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 55.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK55.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,261,689
CSS custom property--colour: #6ECDF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#913206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CAFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3BBF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.6Sky blue · ΔE 9Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21Powder blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F99A6E
Analogous#6EF9E0, #6E87F9
Triadic#F96ECD, #CDF96E
Split complementary#F96E88, #F9E06E
Tetradic#DF6EF9, #F99A6E, #87F96E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0EFFD
Lighter +10%#9FDEFB
Darker −10%#3DBCF7
Darker −20%#0CABF5
Darker −30%#088AC6
Darker −40%#066895
More saturated +25%#68CFFF
Less saturated −25%#81C6E6

Channel breakdown

R110
G205
B249
Red110 (43.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue198.99°
Saturation (HSL)92.05%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G CD · B F9

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