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Recognised as Colour

#6AB49A

  • #6AB49A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6AB49A is a cyan with RGB values 106, 180, 154 and HSL 159°, 33%, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6AB49A#6AB49A
HEX#6AB49A
RGBrgb(106, 180, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.7059, 0.6039
RGB percentages41.6%, 70.6%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(158.9, 33%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.9, 41.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK41.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,993,050
CSS custom property--colour: #6AB49A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#954B65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AB99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A29Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#54B5ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 13.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8Dark cyan · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B46A84
Analogous#6AB475, #6AA9B4
Triadic#9A6AB4, #B49A6A
Split complementary#B46AA9, #B4756A
Tetradic#756AB4, #B46A84, #A9B46A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F8F6
Lighter +30%#D0E7DF
Lighter +20%#AED6C8
Lighter +10%#8CC5B1
Darker −10%#4F9C81
Darker −20%#3E7A65
Darker −30%#2D5849
Darker −40%#1B372D
More saturated +25%#4ED0A2
Less saturated −25%#869892

Channel breakdown

R106
G180
B154
Red106 (41.6%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue158.92°
Saturation (HSL)33.04%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G B4 · B 9A

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