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Recognised as Colour

#6BAB8D

  • #6BAB8D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#6BAB8D is a cyan with RGB values 107, 171, 141 and HSL 152°, 28%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#6BAB8D#6BAB8D
HEX#6BAB8D
RGBrgb(107, 171, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.6706, 0.5529
RGB percentages42%, 67.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(151.9, 27.6%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.9, 37.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK37.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,056,269
CSS custom property--colour: #6BAB8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#945472

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A28Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E9B8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5BABA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6Sea green · ΔE 21.4Dark cyan · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB6B89
Analogous#6BAB6D, #6BA9AB
Triadic#8D6BAB, #AB8D6B
Split complementary#AB6BA9, #AB6D6B
Tetradic#6D6BAB, #AB6B89, #A9AB6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF5F1
Lighter +30%#CDE2D8
Lighter +20%#ACD0BF
Lighter +10%#8CBDA6
Darker −10%#529173
Darker −20%#40705A
Darker −30%#2D5040
Darker −40%#1B2F26
More saturated +25%#4EC88F
Less saturated −25%#888E8B

Channel breakdown

R107
G171
B141
Red107 (42%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue151.88°
Saturation (HSL)27.59%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G AB · B 8D

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