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Recognised as Colour

#6AEFCC

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

#6AEFCC is a cyan with RGB values 106, 239, 204 and HSL 164°, 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

#6AEFCC#6AEFCC
HEX#6AEFCC
RGBrgb(106, 239, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9373, 0.8
RGB percentages41.6%, 93.7%, 80%
HSLhsl(164.2, 80.6%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.2, 55.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK55.6%, 0%, 14.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,008,204
CSS custom property--colour: #6AEFCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#951033

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E1CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D3CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#14F1E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 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 text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 6.7Turquoise · ΔE 11.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8Aqua · ΔE 20.8Cyan · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF6A8D
Analogous#6AEF8A, #6AD0EF
Triadic#CC6AEF, #EFCC6A
Split complementary#EF6ACF, #EF8A6A
Tetradic#8A6AEF, #EF6A8D, #D0EF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FEFB
Lighter +20%#C6F9EC
Lighter +10%#98F4DC
Darker −10%#3CEABC
Darker −20%#18DBA8
Darker −30%#13AD85
Darker −40%#0E7F61
More saturated +25%#5AFFD4
Less saturated −25%#7FDAC2

Channel breakdown

R106
G239
B204
Red106 (41.6%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue164.21°
Saturation (HSL)80.61%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G EF · B CC

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