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Recognised as Colour

#6AE7D7

  • #6AE7D7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6AE7D7 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 231, 215 and HSL 172°, 72%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6AE7D7#6AE7D7
HEX#6AE7D7
RGBrgb(106, 231, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9059, 0.8431
RGB percentages41.6%, 90.6%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(172.3, 72.3%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 54.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK54.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,006,167
CSS custom property--colour: #6AE7D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.02:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#951828

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDCD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CDD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1Aqua · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E76A7A
Analogous#6AE798, #6AB9E7
Triadic#D76AE7, #E7D76A
Split complementary#E76AB9, #E7986A
Tetradic#986AE7, #E76A7A, #B9E76A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFCFA
Lighter +20%#C2F5EF
Lighter +10%#96EEE3
Darker −10%#3EE0CB
Darker −20%#21CAB5
Darker −30%#1A9E8D
Darker −40%#127366
More saturated +25%#54FDE7
Less saturated −25%#80D1C7

Channel breakdown

R106
G231
B215
Red106 (41.6%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue172.32°
Saturation (HSL)72.25%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G E7 · B D7

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