Colour

#6AE7C4

#6AE7C4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#6AE7C4 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 231, 196 and HSL 163°, 72%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6AE7C4#6AE7C4

HEX#6AE7C4

RGBrgb(106, 231, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9059, 0.7686

RGB percentages41.6%, 90.6%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(163.2, 72.3%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.2, 54.1%, 90.6%)

CMYK54.1%, 0%, 15.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,006,148

CSS custom property--colour: #6AE7C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#95183B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1DAC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CECCC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#28E9DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.8 Turquoise · ΔE 11 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.1 Aqua · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E76A8D

Analogous#6AE786, #6ACBE7

Triadic#C46AE7, #E7C46A

Split complementary#E76ACB, #E7866A

Tetradic#866AE7, #E76A8D, #CBE76A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFCF8

Lighter +20%#C2F5E7

Lighter +10%#96EED5

Darker −10%#3EE0B3

Darker −20%#21CA9B

Darker −30%#1A9E79

Darker −40%#127358

More saturated +25%#54FDCE

Less saturated −25%#80D1BA

Channel breakdown

R106

G231

B196

Red106 (41.6%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue163.2°

Saturation (HSL)72.25%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G E7 · B C4

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