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Recognised as Colour

#6BDEC8

  • #6BDEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6BDEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 222, 200 and HSL 169°, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#6BDEC8#6BDEC8
HEX#6BDEC8
RGBrgb(107, 222, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.8706, 0.7843
RGB percentages42%, 87.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(168.5, 63.5%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 51.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK51.8%, 0%, 9.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,069,384
CSS custom property--colour: #6BDEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.91:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#942137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D3C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2CE1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 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 text12.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Aquamarine · ΔE 15.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Light seagreen · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6B81
Analogous#6BDE8F, #6BBBDE
Triadic#C86BDE, #DEC86B
Split complementary#DE6BBB, #DE8F6B
Tetradic#8E6BDE, #DE6B81, #BADE6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8FAF6
Lighter +20%#BEF1E7
Lighter +10%#95E7D7
Darker −10%#41D5B9
Darker −20%#29BA9E
Darker −30%#20907B
Darker −40%#176657
More saturated +25%#54F5D6
Less saturated −25%#82C7BA

Channel breakdown

R107
G222
B200
Red107 (42%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue168.52°
Saturation (HSL)63.54%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6B · G DE · B C8

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