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Colour

#6FC7EE

  • #6FC7EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#6FC7EE is a cyan with RGB values 111, 199, 238 and HSL 198°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#6FC7EE#6FC7EE
HEX#6FC7EE
RGBrgb(111, 199, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7804, 0.9333
RGB percentages43.5%, 78%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(198.4, 78.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 53.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK53.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,325,678
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC7EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#903811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#0AD2D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 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 text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.2Sky blue · ΔE 6.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE966F
Analogous#6FEED6, #6F87EE
Triadic#EE6FC7, #C7EE6F
Split complementary#EE6F87, #EED66F
Tetradic#D66FEE, #EE966F, #87EE6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFE
Lighter +20%#CAEAF9
Lighter +10%#9DD9F3
Darker −10%#41B5E9
Darker −20%#1AA1DD
Darker −30%#1580AF
Darker −40%#0F5F82
More saturated +25%#5ECEFF
Less saturated −25%#83BFDA

Channel breakdown

R111
G199
B238
Red111 (43.5%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue198.43°
Saturation (HSL)78.88%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G C7 · B EE

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