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Recognised as Colour

#6FB7DB

  • #6FB7DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6FB7DB is a blue with RGB values 111, 183, 219 and HSL 200°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6FB7DB#6FB7DB
HEX#6FB7DB
RGBrgb(111, 183, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7176, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.5%, 71.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(200, 60%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 49.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,321,563
CSS custom property--colour: #6FB7DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#904824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A9DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#36C1C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB936F
Analogous#6FDBC9, #6F81DB
Triadic#DB6FB7, #B7DB6F
Split complementary#DB6F81, #DBC96F
Tetradic#C96FDB, #DB936F, #81DB6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F4FA
Lighter +20%#C1E0EF
Lighter +10%#98CBE5
Darker −10%#46A3D1
Darker −20%#2E89B6
Darker −30%#236A8E
Darker −40%#194C65
More saturated +25%#58BEF2
Less saturated −25%#85AFC4

Channel breakdown

R111
G183
B219
Red111 (43.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G B7 · B DB

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