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Recognised as Colour

#C6DDEE

  • #C6DDEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C6DDEE is a blue with RGB values 198, 221, 238 and HSL 206°, 54%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C6DDEE#C6DDEE
HEX#C6DDEE
RGBrgb(198, 221, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8667, 0.9333
RGB percentages77.6%, 86.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(205.5, 54.1%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 16.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK16.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,032,942
CSS custom property--colour: #C6DDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#392211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DCEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BCE1E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Lavender · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7Light grey · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED7C6
Analogous#C6EEEB, #C6C9EE
Triadic#EEC6DD, #DDEEC6
Split complementary#EEC6C9, #EEEBC6
Tetradic#EBC6EE, #EED7C6, #C9EEC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF4FA
Darker −10%#9FC6E2
Darker −20%#77AED7
Darker −30%#5097CB
Darker −40%#357DB3
More saturated +25%#BDDEF7
Less saturated −25%#CFDCE5

Channel breakdown

R198
G221
B238
Red198 (77.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue205.5°
Saturation (HSL)54.05%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G DD · B EE

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