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Recognised as Colour

#6BDDC7

  • #6BDDC7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6BDDC7 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 221, 199 and HSL 168°, 63%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6BDDC7#6BDDC7
HEX#6BDDC7
RGBrgb(107, 221, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8667, 0.7804
RGB percentages42%, 86.7%, 78%
HSLhsl(168.4, 62.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 51.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK51.6%, 0%, 10%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,069,127
CSS custom property--colour: #6BDDC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#942238

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D2C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C4C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2EE0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD6B81
Analogous#6BDD8E, #6BBADD
Triadic#C76BDD, #DDC76B
Split complementary#DD6BBA, #DD8E6B
Tetradic#8E6BDD, #DD6B81, #BADD6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7FAF6
Lighter +20%#BEF0E6
Lighter +10%#94E7D7
Darker −10%#42D3B7
Darker −20%#2AB89C
Darker −30%#218E79
Darker −40%#176556
More saturated +25%#54F4D5
Less saturated −25%#82C6B9

Channel breakdown

R107
G221
B199
Red107 (42%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue168.42°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G DD · B C7

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