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Recognised as Colour

#6AEFCA

  • #6AEFCA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#6AEFCA is a cyan with RGB values 106, 239, 202 and HSL 163°, 81%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6AEFCA#6AEFCA
HEX#6AEFCA
RGBrgb(106, 239, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9373, 0.7922
RGB percentages41.6%, 93.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(163.3, 80.6%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 55.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK55.6%, 0%, 15.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,008,202
CSS custom property--colour: #6AEFCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.81:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#951035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E1C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D3CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#18F1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 6.2Turquoise · ΔE 12.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7Aqua · ΔE 21.7Cyan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF6A8F
Analogous#6AEF88, #6AD1EF
Triadic#CA6AEF, #EFCA6A
Split complementary#EF6AD1, #EF886A
Tetradic#886AEF, #EF6A8F, #D2EF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FEFB
Lighter +20%#C6F9EB
Lighter +10%#98F4DA
Darker −10%#3CEABA
Darker −20%#18DBA5
Darker −30%#13AD82
Darker −40%#0E7F60
More saturated +25%#5AFFD1
Less saturated −25%#7FDAC1

Channel breakdown

R106
G239
B202
Red106 (41.6%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue163.31°
Saturation (HSL)80.61%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G EF · B CA

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