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Recognised as Colour

#6FC0EA

  • #6FC0EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6FC0EA is a blue with RGB values 111, 192, 234 and HSL 200°, 75%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6FC0EA#6FC0EA
HEX#6FC0EA
RGBrgb(111, 192, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7529, 0.9176
RGB percentages43.5%, 75.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(200.5, 74.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.5, 52.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK52.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,323,882
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.4:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#903F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBEECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1DCBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.1Sky blue · ΔE 8.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 19.7Powder blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA996F
Analogous#6FEAD7, #6F83EA
Triadic#EA6FC0, #C0EA6F
Split complementary#EA6F83, #EAD76F
Tetradic#D76FEA, #EA996F, #83EA6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAFD
Lighter +20%#C8E7F7
Lighter +10%#9CD3F0
Darker −10%#42ADE4
Darker −20%#1F96D4
Darker −30%#1877A8
Darker −40%#12577B
More saturated +25%#5AC7FF
Less saturated −25%#84B9D5

Channel breakdown

R111
G192
B234
Red111 (43.5%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue200.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.55%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G C0 · B EA

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