Colour

#6AF0DB

#6AF0DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6AF0DB is a cyan with RGB values 106, 240, 219 and HSL 171°, 82%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6AF0DB#6AF0DB

HEX#6AF0DB

RGBrgb(106, 240, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9412, 0.8588

RGB percentages41.6%, 94.1%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(170.6, 81.7%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 55.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK55.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,008,475

CSS custom property--colour: #6AF0DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.1:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#950F24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E3DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00F4E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 12.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Aqua · ΔE 15.2 Cyan · ΔE 15.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F06A7F

Analogous#6AF098, #6AC2F0

Triadic#DB6AF0, #F0DB6A

Split complementary#F06AC2, #F0986A

Tetradic#986AF0, #F06A7F, #C2F06A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5FEFD

Lighter +20%#C7F9F1

Lighter +10%#98F5E6

Darker −10%#3CEBD0

Darker −20%#16DEBE

Darker −30%#12AF97

Darker −40%#0D816F

More saturated +25%#5BFFE5

Less saturated −25%#7FDCCD

Channel breakdown

R106

G240

B219

Red106 (41.6%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue170.6°

Saturation (HSL)81.71%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G F0 · B DB

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