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Recognised as Colour

#6CDAD2

  • #6CDAD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6CDAD2 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 218, 210 and HSL 176°, 60%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6CDAD2#6CDAD2
HEX#6CDAD2
RGBrgb(108, 218, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.8549, 0.8235
RGB percentages42.4%, 85.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(175.6, 59.8%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 50.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK50.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,133,906
CSS custom property--colour: #6CDAD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#93252D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D0D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC3D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#26DFD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.1Turquoise · ΔE 10.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA6C74
Analogous#6CDA9B, #6CABDA
Triadic#D26CDA, #DAD26C
Split complementary#DA6CAB, #DA9B6C
Tetradic#9B6CDA, #DA6C74, #ABDA6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F7
Lighter +20%#BDEFEB
Lighter +10%#95E4DE
Darker −10%#43D0C6
Darker −20%#2DB3A9
Darker −30%#238A83
Darker −40%#19615C
More saturated +25%#55F1E6
Less saturated −25%#83C3BE

Channel breakdown

R108
G218
B210
Red108 (42.4%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue175.64°
Saturation (HSL)59.78%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G DA · B D2

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