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Recognised as Colour

#6BDDCB

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

#6BDDCB is a cyan with RGB values 107, 221, 203 and HSL 171°, 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

#6BDDCB#6BDDCB
HEX#6BDDCB
RGBrgb(107, 221, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8667, 0.7961
RGB percentages42%, 86.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(170.5, 62.6%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 51.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK51.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,069,131
CSS custom property--colour: #6BDDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#942234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C5CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#29E1D7no 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 text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD6B7D
Analogous#6BDD92, #6BB6DD
Triadic#CB6BDD, #DDCB6B
Split complementary#DD6BB6, #DD926B
Tetradic#926BDD, #DD6B7D, #B6DD6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7FAF7
Lighter +20%#BEF0E8
Lighter +10%#94E7DA
Darker −10%#42D3BC
Darker −20%#2AB8A1
Darker −30%#218E7D
Darker −40%#176559
More saturated +25%#54F4DB
Less saturated −25%#82C6BB

Channel breakdown

R107
G221
B203
Red107 (42%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue170.53°
Saturation (HSL)62.64%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G DD · B CB

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