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Recognised as Colour

#6FC7EA

  • #6FC7EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6FC7EA is a cyan with RGB values 111, 199, 234 and HSL 197°, 75%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6FC7EA#6FC7EA
HEX#6FC7EA
RGBrgb(111, 199, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7804, 0.9176
RGB percentages43.5%, 78%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(197.1, 74.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 52.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK52.6%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,325,674
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC7EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#903815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#17D1D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light blue · ΔE 17.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Powder blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA926F
Analogous#6FEAD0, #6F89EA
Triadic#EA6FC7, #C7EA6F
Split complementary#EA6F89, #EAD06F
Tetradic#D06FEA, #EA926F, #89EA6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FBFD
Lighter +20%#C8EAF7
Lighter +10%#9CD8F0
Darker −10%#42B6E4
Darker −20%#1FA1D4
Darker −30%#187FA8
Darker −40%#125D7B
More saturated +25%#5AD0FF
Less saturated −25%#84BED5

Channel breakdown

R111
G199
B234
Red111 (43.5%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue197.07°
Saturation (HSL)74.55%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G C7 · B EA

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