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Recognised as Colour

#6CC9BB

  • #6CC9BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6CC9BB is a cyan with RGB values 108, 201, 187 and HSL 171°, 46%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6CC9BB#6CC9BB
HEX#6CC9BB
RGBrgb(108, 201, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.7882, 0.7333
RGB percentages42.4%, 78.8%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(171, 46.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 46.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK46.3%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,129,531
CSS custom property--colour: #6CC9BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#933644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C0BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B4BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#42CCC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3Turquoise · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C96C7A
Analogous#6CC98D, #6CA8C9
Triadic#BB6CC9, #C9BB6C
Split complementary#C96CA8, #C98D6C
Tetradic#8D6CC9, #C96C7A, #A8C96C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF2EF
Lighter +20%#B7E4DE
Lighter +10%#91D7CC
Darker −10%#47BBAA
Darker −20%#389789
Darker −30%#2A7267
Darker −40%#1C4D45
More saturated +25%#53E2CD
Less saturated −25%#85B0A9

Channel breakdown

R108
G201
B187
Red108 (42.4%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue170.97°
Saturation (HSL)46.27%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G C9 · B BB

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