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Recognised as Colour

#6AAA8F

  • #6AAA8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#6AAA8F is a cyan with RGB values 106, 170, 143 and HSL 155°, 27%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#6AAA8F#6AAA8F
HEX#6AAA8F
RGBrgb(106, 170, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.6667, 0.5608
RGB percentages41.6%, 66.7%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(154.7, 27.4%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.7, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK37.6%, 0%, 15.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,990,479
CSS custom property--colour: #6AAA8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#955570

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A28Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9A91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#59AAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 13.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1Sea green · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 13.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA6A85
Analogous#6AAA6F, #6AA5AA
Triadic#8F6AAA, #AA8F6A
Split complementary#AA6AA5, #AA6F6A
Tetradic#6F6AAA, #AA6A85, #A5AA6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF4F1
Lighter +30%#CBE2D8
Lighter +20%#ABCFC0
Lighter +10%#8ABDA7
Darker −10%#528F75
Darker −20%#3F6F5B
Darker −30%#2D4E40
Darker −40%#1A2E26
More saturated +25%#4DC794
Less saturated −25%#878D8A

Channel breakdown

R106
G170
B143
Red106 (41.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue154.69°
Saturation (HSL)27.35%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G AA · B 8F

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