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Recognised as Colour

#6BCABC

  • #6BCABC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6BCABC is a cyan with RGB values 107, 202, 188 and HSL 171°, 47%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6BCABC#6BCABC
HEX#6BCABC
RGBrgb(107, 202, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.7922, 0.7373
RGB percentages42%, 79.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(171.2, 47.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 47%, 79.2%)
CMYK47%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,064,252
CSS custom property--colour: #6BCABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#943543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C1BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B5BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3FCDC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3Turquoise · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA6B79
Analogous#6BCA8D, #6BA9CA
Triadic#BC6BCA, #CABC6B
Split complementary#CA6BA9, #CA8D6B
Tetradic#8C6BCA, #CA6B79, #A8CA6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF2EF
Lighter +20%#B6E5DE
Lighter +10%#91D7CD
Darker −10%#45BDAB
Darker −20%#37988A
Darker −30%#297368
Darker −40%#1C4D46
More saturated +25%#52E3CE
Less saturated −25%#84B1AA

Channel breakdown

R107
G202
B188
Red107 (42%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue171.16°
Saturation (HSL)47.26%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G CA · B BC

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