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Recognised as Colour

#6AB2AB

  • #6AB2AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6AB2AB is a cyan with RGB values 106, 178, 171 and HSL 174°, 32%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6AB2AB#6AB2AB
HEX#6AB2AB
RGBrgb(106, 178, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.698, 0.6706
RGB percentages41.6%, 69.8%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(174.2, 31.9%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 40.4%, 69.8%)
CMYK40.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,992,555
CSS custom property--colour: #6AB2AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#954D54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABABABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA2ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4DB5B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark cyan · ΔE 17.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B26A71
Analogous#6AB287, #6A95B2
Triadic#AB6AB2, #B2AB6A
Split complementary#B26A95, #B2876A
Tetradic#876AB2, #B26A71, #95B26A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F8F7
Lighter +30%#CFE6E4
Lighter +20%#ADD5D1
Lighter +10%#8CC3BE
Darker −10%#4F9A92
Darker −20%#3E7872
Darker −30%#2D5652
Darker −40%#1B3532
More saturated +25%#4ECEC2
Less saturated −25%#869694

Channel breakdown

R106
G178
B171
Red106 (41.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue174.17°
Saturation (HSL)31.86%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G B2 · B AB

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