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Recognised as Colour

#E6F6F8

  • #E6F6F8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Azure

#E6F6F8 is a cyan with RGB values 230, 246, 248 and HSL 187°, 56%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#E6F6F8#E6F6F8
HEX#E6F6F8
RGBrgb(230, 246, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9647, 0.9725
RGB percentages90.2%, 96.5%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(186.7, 56.2%, 93.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 7.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK7.3%, 0.8%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,136,504
CSS custom property--colour: #E6F6F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.9:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3
Inverted#190907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F4F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0F2F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E1F7F7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 3.3Alice blue · ΔE 4.1Mint cream · ΔE 5.3Light cyan · ΔE 5.5White smoke · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 6.4
Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 3.32, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8E8E6
Analogous#E6F8F1, #E6EDF8
Triadic#F8E6F6, #F6F8E6
Split complementary#F8E6ED, #F8F1E6
Tetradic#F1E6F8, #F8E8E6, #EDF8E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#BEE8ED
Darker −20%#96D9E2
Darker −30%#6ECBD7
Darker −40%#47BDCB
More saturated +25%#E2F9FC
Less saturated −25%#EAF3F4

Channel breakdown

R230
G246
B248
Red230 (90.2%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)56.25%
Lightness93.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E6 · G F6 · B F8

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