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Recognised as Colour

#6AE4D2

  • #6AE4D2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6AE4D2 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 228, 210 and HSL 171°, 69%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6AE4D2#6AE4D2
HEX#6AE4D2
RGBrgb(106, 228, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.8941, 0.8235
RGB percentages41.6%, 89.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(171.1, 69.3%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 53.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK53.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,005,394
CSS custom property--colour: #6AE4D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#951B2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD9D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CAD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Tritanopia#12E8DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Aqua · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E46A7C
Analogous#6AE495, #6AB9E4
Triadic#D26AE4, #E4D26A
Split complementary#E46AB9, #E4956A
Tetradic#956AE4, #E46A7C, #B9E46A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECFBF9
Lighter +20%#C0F4EC
Lighter +10%#95ECDF
Darker −10%#3FDCC5
Darker −20%#24C4AD
Darker −30%#1C9987
Darker −40%#146E61
More saturated +25%#54FAE2
Less saturated −25%#80CEC2

Channel breakdown

R106
G228
B210
Red106 (41.6%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue171.15°
Saturation (HSL)69.32%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G E4 · B D2

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