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Recognised as Colour

#6AEDD8

  • #6AEDD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6AEDD8 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 237, 216 and HSL 170°, 78%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6AEDD8#6AEDD8
HEX#6AEDD8
RGBrgb(106, 237, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9294, 0.8471
RGB percentages41.6%, 92.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(170.4, 78.4%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.4, 55.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK55.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,007,704
CSS custom property--colour: #6AEDD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#951227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E1D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD2DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Aqua · ΔE 15.9Cyan · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED6A7F
Analogous#6AED97, #6AC1ED
Triadic#D86AED, #EDD86A
Split complementary#ED6AC1, #ED976A
Tetradic#966AED, #ED6A7F, #C1ED6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FDFC
Lighter +20%#C5F8F0
Lighter +10%#98F2E4
Darker −10%#3CE8CC
Darker −20%#1AD7B9
Darker −30%#14AA92
Darker −40%#0F7C6B
More saturated +25%#58FFE4
Less saturated −25%#7FD8CA

Channel breakdown

R106
G237
B216
Red106 (41.6%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue170.38°
Saturation (HSL)78.44%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G ED · B D8

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