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Recognised as Colour

#6BD8CB

  • #6BD8CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6BD8CB is a cyan with RGB values 107, 216, 203 and HSL 173°, 58%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6BD8CB#6BD8CB
HEX#6BD8CB
RGBrgb(107, 216, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8471, 0.7961
RGB percentages42%, 84.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(172.8, 58.3%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.8, 50.5%, 84.7%)
CMYK50.5%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,067,851
CSS custom property--colour: #6BD8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.31:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#942734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCECBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2CDCD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.6Turquoise · ΔE 9.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Light seagreen · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D86B78
Analogous#6BD895, #6BAFD8
Triadic#CB6BD8, #D8CB6B
Split complementary#D86BAF, #D8946B
Tetradic#956BD8, #D86B78, #AFD86B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F8F6
Lighter +20%#BCEDE7
Lighter +10%#93E3D9
Darker −10%#43CDBD
Darker −20%#2EAFA0
Darker −30%#23877B
Darker −40%#195E56
More saturated +25%#54EFDD
Less saturated −25%#82C1B9

Channel breakdown

R107
G216
B203
Red107 (42%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue172.84°
Saturation (HSL)58.29%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G D8 · B CB

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