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Recognised as Colour

#6ADCD5

  • #6ADCD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6ADCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 220, 213 and HSL 176°, 62%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6ADCD5#6ADCD5
HEX#6ADCD5
RGBrgb(106, 220, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8627, 0.8353
RGB percentages41.6%, 86.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(176.3, 62%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 51.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK51.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,003,349
CSS custom property--colour: #6ADCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#95232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D2D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC4D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#14E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.9Turquoise · ΔE 10.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC6A71
Analogous#6ADC9C, #6AAADC
Triadic#D56ADC, #DCD56A
Split complementary#DC6AAA, #DC9C6A
Tetradic#9C6ADC, #DC6A71, #AADC6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F8
Lighter +20%#BDEFEC
Lighter +10%#93E6E1
Darker −10%#41D2C9
Darker −20%#2BB5AD
Darker −30%#218C86
Darker −40%#17635E
More saturated +25%#53F3E9
Less saturated −25%#81C5C1

Channel breakdown

R106
G220
B213
Red106 (41.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue176.32°
Saturation (HSL)61.96%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G DC · B D5

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