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Recognised as Colour

#6CB6AA

  • #6CB6AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6CB6AA is a cyan with RGB values 108, 182, 170 and HSL 170°, 34%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6CB6AA#6CB6AA
HEX#6CB6AA
RGBrgb(108, 182, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7137, 0.6667
RGB percentages42.4%, 71.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(170.3, 33.6%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.3, 40.7%, 71.4%)
CMYK40.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,124,650
CSS custom property--colour: #6CB6AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#934955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AEAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A5ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#50B9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B66C78
Analogous#6CB685, #6C9DB6
Triadic#AA6CB6, #B6AA6C
Split complementary#B66C9D, #B6856C
Tetradic#856CB6, #B66C78, #9DB66C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FAF9
Lighter +30%#D2E9E5
Lighter +20%#B0D8D1
Lighter +10%#8EC7BE
Darker −10%#4FA093
Darker −20%#3E7E73
Darker −30%#2D5C54
Darker −40%#1D3935
More saturated +25%#51D2BD
Less saturated −25%#889B97

Channel breakdown

R108
G182
B170
Red108 (42.4%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue170.27°
Saturation (HSL)33.64%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G B6 · B AA

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