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Recognised as Colour

#6AD1CD

  • #6AD1CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6AD1CD is a cyan with RGB values 106, 209, 205 and HSL 178°, 53%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6AD1CD#6AD1CD
HEX#6AD1CD
RGBrgb(106, 209, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8196, 0.8039
RGB percentages41.6%, 82%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(177.7, 52.8%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 49.3%, 82%)
CMYK49.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,000,525
CSS custom property--colour: #6AD1CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#952E32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C8CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BBCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2AD6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9Turquoise · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D16A6E
Analogous#6AD19A, #6AA1D1
Triadic#CD6AD1, #D1CD6A
Split complementary#D16AA1, #D19A6A
Tetradic#9A6AD1, #D16A6E, #A2D16A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFF5F4
Lighter +20%#B8E9E7
Lighter +10%#91DDDA
Darker −10%#43C5C0
Darker −20%#32A39E
Darker −30%#267C78
Darker −40%#1A5553
More saturated +25%#52E9E3
Less saturated −25%#82B9B7

Channel breakdown

R106
G209
B205
Red106 (41.6%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue177.67°
Saturation (HSL)52.82%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G D1 · B CD

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