Recognised as Colour

#6ADEEE

#6ADEEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6ADEEE is a cyan with RGB values 106, 222, 238 and HSL 187°, 80%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6ADEEE#6ADEEE

HEX#6ADEEE

RGBrgb(106, 222, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8706, 0.9333

RGB percentages41.6%, 87.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(187.3, 79.5%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 55.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK55.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,003,886

CSS custom property--colour: #6ADEEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#952111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CED6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9C7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Sky blue · ΔE 14.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Powder blue · ΔE 17.7 Light blue · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE7A6A

Analogous#6AEEBC, #6A9CEE

Triadic#EE6ADE, #DEEE6A

Split complementary#EE6A9C, #EEBC6A

Tetradic#BC6AEE, #EE7A6A, #9CEE6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FCFE

Lighter +20%#C6F2F8

Lighter +10%#98E8F3

Darker −10%#3CD4E9

Darker −20%#19C2D9

Darker −30%#1499AB

Darker −40%#0E707E

More saturated +25%#59EBFF

Less saturated −25%#7FCED9

Channel breakdown

R106

G222

B238

Red106 (41.6%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue187.27°

Saturation (HSL)79.52%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6A · G DE · B EE

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