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Recognised as Colour

#6ADDCA

  • #6ADDCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6ADDCA is a cyan with RGB values 106, 221, 202 and HSL 170°, 63%, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#6ADDCA#6ADDCA
HEX#6ADDCA
RGBrgb(106, 221, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8667, 0.7922
RGB percentages41.6%, 86.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(170.1, 62.8%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.1, 52%, 86.7%)
CMYK52%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,003,594
CSS custom property--colour: #6ADDCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 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#952235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D2C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C4CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#27E0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 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

Turquoise · ΔE 7.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Aquamarine · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD6A7D
Analogous#6ADD91, #6AB7DD
Triadic#CA6ADD, #DDCA6A
Split complementary#DD6AB7, #DD916A
Tetradic#906ADD, #DD6A7D, #B7DD6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F9F6
Lighter +20%#BDF0E8
Lighter +10%#94E6D9
Darker −10%#40D4BB
Darker −20%#2AB7A0
Darker −30%#208E7C
Darker −40%#176457
More saturated +25%#53F4D9
Less saturated −25%#81C6BB

Channel breakdown

R106
G221
B202
Red106 (41.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue170.09°
Saturation (HSL)62.84%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G DD · B CA

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