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Recognised as Colour

#6BCECD

  • #6BCECD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6BCECD is a cyan with RGB values 107, 206, 205 and HSL 179°, 50%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6BCECD#6BCECD
HEX#6BCECD
RGBrgb(107, 206, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8078, 0.8039
RGB percentages42%, 80.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(179.4, 50.3%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 48.1%, 80.8%)
CMYK48.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,065,293
CSS custom property--colour: #6BCECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#943132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C6CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#2FD3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE6B6C
Analogous#6BCE9B, #6B9ECE
Triadic#CD6BCE, #CECD6B
Split complementary#CE6B9E, #CE9B6B
Tetradic#9B6BCE, #CE6B6C, #9ECE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEF4F4
Lighter +20%#B8E7E7
Lighter +10%#91DBDA
Darker −10%#45C1C0
Darker −20%#349F9D
Darker −30%#287877
Darker −40%#1B5251
More saturated +25%#52E7E5
Less saturated −25%#84B5B5

Channel breakdown

R107
G206
B205
Red107 (42%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue179.39°
Saturation (HSL)50.25%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G CE · B CD

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