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Recognised as Colour

#6EDDEE

  • #6EDDEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EDDEE is a cyan with RGB values 110, 221, 238 and HSL 188°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EDDEE#6EDDEE
HEX#6EDDEE
RGBrgb(110, 221, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.8667, 0.9333
RGB percentages43.1%, 86.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(188, 79%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188, 53.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK53.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,265,774
CSS custom property--colour: #6EDDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.24:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#912211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 16.8Light blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE7F6E
Analogous#6EEEBF, #6E9DEE
Triadic#EE6EDD, #DDEE6E
Split complementary#EE6E9D, #EEBF6E
Tetradic#BF6EEE, #EE7F6E, #9DEE6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FDFE
Lighter +20%#C9F2F9
Lighter +10%#9CE8F3
Darker −10%#40D2E9
Darker −20%#1AC2DC
Darker −30%#149AAF
Darker −40%#0F7281
More saturated +25%#5DE9FF
Less saturated −25%#82CEDA

Channel breakdown

R110
G221
B238
Red110 (43.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue187.97°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G DD · B EE

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