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Recognised as Colour

#6FB8DB

  • #6FB8DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6FB8DB is a cyan with RGB values 111, 184, 219 and HSL 199°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6FB8DB#6FB8DB
HEX#6FB8DB
RGBrgb(111, 184, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7216, 0.8588
RGB percentages43.5%, 72.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(199.4, 60%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 49.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK49.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,321,819
CSS custom property--colour: #6FB8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#904724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#35C2C3no 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 text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Light blue · ΔE 18.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB926F
Analogous#6FDBC8, #6F82DB
Triadic#DB6FB8, #B8DB6F
Split complementary#DB6F82, #DBC86F
Tetradic#C86FDB, #DB926F, #82DB6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F4FA
Lighter +20%#C1E0EF
Lighter +10%#98CCE5
Darker −10%#46A4D1
Darker −20%#2E8AB6
Darker −30%#236B8E
Darker −40%#194C65
More saturated +25%#58C0F2
Less saturated −25%#85B0C4

Channel breakdown

R111
G184
B219
Red111 (43.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue199.44°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G B8 · B DB

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