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Recognised as Colour

#6BBAAE

  • #6BBAAE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#6BBAAE is a cyan with RGB values 107, 186, 174 and HSL 171°, 36%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#6BBAAE#6BBAAE
HEX#6BBAAE
RGBrgb(107, 186, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7294, 0.6824
RGB percentages42%, 72.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(170.9, 36.4%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 42.5%, 72.9%)
CMYK42.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,060,142
CSS custom property--colour: #6BBAAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#944551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B2AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#4BBDB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA6B77
Analogous#6BBA86, #6B9FBA
Triadic#AE6BBA, #BAAE6B
Split complementary#BA6B9E, #BA866B
Tetradic#876BBA, #BA6B77, #9FBA6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FBFA
Lighter +30%#D3EBE7
Lighter +20%#B1DAD4
Lighter +10%#8ECAC1
Darker −10%#4DA598
Darker −20%#3D8278
Darker −30%#2D5F58
Darker −40%#1C3D38
More saturated +25%#50D5C1
Less saturated −25%#869F9B

Channel breakdown

R107
G186
B174
Red107 (42%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue170.89°
Saturation (HSL)36.41%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G BA · B AE

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