Recognised as Colour

#6BF0E8

#6BF0E8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6BF0E8 is a cyan with RGB values 107, 240, 232 and HSL 176°, 82%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#6BF0E8

RGBrgb(107, 240, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.9412, 0.9098

RGB percentages42%, 94.1%, 91%

HSLhsl(176.4, 81.6%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 55.4%, 94.1%)

CMYK55.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,074,024

CSS custom property--colour: #6BF0E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#940F17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E5E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EDno 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 text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Aqua · ΔE 12.5 Cyan · ΔE 12.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F06B73

Analogous#6BF0A6, #6BB6F0

Triadic#E86BF0, #F0E86B

Split complementary#F06BB6, #F0A56B

Tetradic#A56BF0, #F06B73, #B6F06B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6FEFE

Lighter +20%#C8F9F6

Lighter +10%#99F5EF

Darker −10%#3DEBE1

Darker −20%#17DED2

Darker −30%#12B0A7

Darker −40%#0D827B

More saturated +25%#5CFFF5

Less saturated −25%#7FDCD6

Channel breakdown

R107

G240

B232

Red107 (42%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue176.39°

Saturation (HSL)81.6%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6B · G F0 · B E8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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