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Recognised as Colour

#44DCC6

  • #44DCC6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#44DCC6 is a cyan with RGB values 68, 220, 198 and HSL 171°, 68%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#44DCC6#44DCC6
HEX#44DCC6
RGBrgb(68, 220, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.8627, 0.7765
RGB percentages26.7%, 86.3%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(171.3, 68.5%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 69.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK69.1%, 0%, 10%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,512,966
CSS custom property--colour: #44DCC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.3:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#BB2339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2CFC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC0C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Aquamarine · ΔE 16Light seagreen · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.61, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC445A
Analogous#44DC7A, #44A6DC
Triadic#C644DC, #DCC644
Split complementary#DC44A6, #DC7A44
Tetradic#7A44DC, #DC445A, #A6DC44

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0FCFA
Lighter +30%#C5F4ED
Lighter +20%#9AECE0
Lighter +10%#6FE4D3
Darker −10%#25C8B0
Darker −20%#1D9D8A
Darker −30%#157264
Darker −40%#0D473E
More saturated +25%#28F8DA
Less saturated −25%#60C0B2

Channel breakdown

R68
G220
B198
Red68 (26.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue171.32°
Saturation (HSL)68.47%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 44 · G DC · B C6

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