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Recognised as Colour

#6BD6BF

  • #6BD6BF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6BD6BF is a cyan with RGB values 107, 214, 191 and HSL 167°, 57%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6BD6BF#6BD6BF
HEX#6BD6BF
RGBrgb(107, 214, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8392, 0.749
RGB percentages42%, 83.9%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(167.1, 56.6%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 50%, 83.9%)
CMYK50%, 0%, 10.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,067,327
CSS custom property--colour: #6BD6BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#942940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCBBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBFC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#38D9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.5Turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Aquamarine · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D66B82
Analogous#6BD68A, #6BB7D6
Triadic#BF6BD6, #D6BF6B
Split complementary#D66BB7, #D68A6B
Tetradic#8A6BD6, #D66B82, #B7D66B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F7F3
Lighter +20%#BBECE2
Lighter +10%#93E1D0
Darker −10%#43CBAE
Darker −20%#30AB91
Darker −30%#24846F
Darker −40%#195C4D
More saturated +25%#53EECC
Less saturated −25%#83BEB2

Channel breakdown

R107
G214
B191
Red107 (42%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue167.1°
Saturation (HSL)56.61%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G D6 · B BF

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