Recognised as Colour

#6ABCAE

#6ABCAE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#6ABCAE is a cyan with RGB values 106, 188, 174 and HSL 170°, 38%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6ABCAE

RGBrgb(106, 188, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.7373, 0.6824

RGB percentages41.6%, 73.7%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(169.8, 38%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.8, 43.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK43.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,995,118

CSS custom property--colour: #6ABCAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#954351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B4ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8A9AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Tritanopia#49BFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Turquoise · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC6A78

Analogous#6ABC85, #6AA1BC

Triadic#AE6ABC, #BCAE6A

Split complementary#BC6AA1, #BC856A

Tetradic#856ABC, #BC6A78, #A1BC6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7FBFB

Lighter +30%#D4EBE7

Lighter +20%#B0DCD4

Lighter +10%#8DCCC1

Darker −10%#4BA898

Darker −20%#3C8478

Darker −30%#2C6158

Darker −40%#1C3E38

More saturated +25%#4FD7C0

Less saturated −25%#85A19C

Channel breakdown

R106

G188

B174

Red106 (41.6%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue169.76°

Saturation (HSL)37.96%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G BC · B AE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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