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Recognised as Colour

#6FC4FE

  • #6FC4FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6FC4FE is a blue with RGB values 111, 196, 254 and HSL 204°, 99%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6FC4FE#6FC4FE
HEX#6FC4FE
RGBrgb(111, 196, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7686, 0.9961
RGB percentages43.5%, 76.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(204.3, 98.6%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.3, 56.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK56.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,324,926
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC4FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#903B01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Light blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEA96F
Analogous#6FFEF0, #6F7CFE
Triadic#FE6FC4, #C4FE6F
Split complementary#FE6F7D, #FEF06F
Tetradic#F06FFE, #FEA96F, #7CFE6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4EEFF
Lighter +10%#A2D9FE
Darker −10%#3CAFFE
Darker −20%#0A9AFD
Darker −30%#017ED3
Darker −40%#015FA0
More saturated +25%#6EC4FF
Less saturated −25%#81C1EC

Channel breakdown

R111
G196
B254
Red111 (43.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue204.34°
Saturation (HSL)98.62%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G C4 · B FE

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