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Recognised as Colour

#6EE5F9

  • #6EE5F9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6EE5F9 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 229, 249 and HSL 189°, 92%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6EE5F9#6EE5F9
HEX#6EE5F9
RGBrgb(110, 229, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.898, 0.9765
RGB percentages43.1%, 89.8%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(188.6, 92.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 55.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK55.8%, 8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,267,833
CSS custom property--colour: #6EE5F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.24:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#911A06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DEFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00EEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17Powder blue · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9826E
Analogous#6EF9C8, #6E9FF9
Triadic#F96EE5, #E5F96E
Split complementary#F96E9F, #F9C76E
Tetradic#C86EF9, #F9826E, #A0F96E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0F7FD
Lighter +10%#9FEEFB
Darker −10%#3DDCF7
Darker −20%#0CD3F5
Darker −30%#08ABC6
Darker −40%#068095
More saturated +25%#68E9FF
Less saturated −25%#81D8E6

Channel breakdown

R110
G229
B249
Red110 (43.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue188.63°
Saturation (HSL)92.05%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G E5 · B F9

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