Recognised as Colour

#6BCEBD

#6BCEBD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6BCEBD is a cyan with RGB values 107, 206, 189 and HSL 170°, 50%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#6BCEBD

RGBrgb(107, 206, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8078, 0.7412

RGB percentages42%, 80.8%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(169.7, 50.3%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 48.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK48.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,065,277

CSS custom property--colour: #6BCEBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.19:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#943142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C4BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6B8BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#3DD1C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.3 Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE6B7C

Analogous#6BCE8C, #6BADCE

Triadic#BD6BCE, #CEBD6B

Split complementary#CE6BAD, #CE8B6B

Tetradic#8C6BCE, #CE6B7C, #AECE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DEF4F0

Lighter +20%#B8E7DF

Lighter +10%#91DBCE

Darker −10%#45C1AC

Darker −20%#349F8C

Darker −30%#28786A

Darker −40%#1B5248

More saturated +25%#52E7CD

Less saturated −25%#84B5AD

Channel breakdown

R107

G206

B189

Red107 (42%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue169.7°

Saturation (HSL)50.25%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6B · G CE · B BD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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