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Recognised as Colour

#6BDEC4

  • #6BDEC4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6BDEC4 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 222, 196 and HSL 166°, 64%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6BDEC4#6BDEC4
HEX#6BDEC4
RGBrgb(107, 222, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8706, 0.7686
RGB percentages42%, 87.1%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(166.4, 63.5%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.4, 51.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK51.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,069,380
CSS custom property--colour: #6BDEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#94213B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D2C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C5C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#30E1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8Turquoise · ΔE 8.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.2Aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)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#DE6B85
Analogous#6BDE8A, #6BBFDE
Triadic#C46BDE, #DEC46B
Split complementary#DE6BBF, #DE8A6B
Tetradic#8A6BDE, #DE6B85, #BFDE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8FAF6
Lighter +20%#BEF1E5
Lighter +10%#95E7D5
Darker −10%#41D5B3
Darker −20%#29BA99
Darker −30%#209077
Darker −40%#176654
More saturated +25%#54F5D0
Less saturated −25%#82C7B8

Channel breakdown

R107
G222
B196
Red107 (42%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue166.43°
Saturation (HSL)63.54%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G DE · B C4

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