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Recognised as Colour

#6FDAED

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

#6FDAED is a cyan with RGB values 111, 218, 237 and HSL 189°, 78%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6FDAED#6FDAED
HEX#6FDAED
RGBrgb(111, 218, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.8549, 0.9294
RGB percentages43.5%, 85.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(189, 77.8%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 53.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK53.2%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,330,541
CSS custom property--colour: #6FDAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#902512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Powder blue · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED826F
Analogous#6FEDC1, #6F9BED
Triadic#ED6FDA, #DAED6F
Split complementary#ED6F9B, #EDC16F
Tetradic#C16FED, #ED826F, #9BED6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FDFE
Lighter +20%#CAF1F8
Lighter +10%#9CE6F3
Darker −10%#42CEE7
Darker −20%#1BBEDB
Darker −30%#1696AD
Darker −40%#106F80
More saturated +25%#5DE7FF
Less saturated −25%#83CCD9

Channel breakdown

R111
G218
B237
Red111 (43.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue189.05°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G DA · B ED

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