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Recognised as Colour

#6CEDDA

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

#6CEDDA is a cyan with RGB values 108, 237, 218 and HSL 171°, 78%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6CEDDA#6CEDDA
HEX#6CEDDA
RGBrgb(108, 237, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9294, 0.8549
RGB percentages42.4%, 92.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(171.2, 78.2%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 54.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK54.4%, 0%, 8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,138,778
CSS custom property--colour: #6CEDDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#931225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E1D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1E7no 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 text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Aqua · ΔE 15.5Cyan · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED6C7F
Analogous#6CED99, #6CC0ED
Triadic#DA6CED, #EDDA6C
Split complementary#ED6CC0, #ED996C
Tetradic#996CED, #ED6C7F, #C0ED6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FEFC
Lighter +20%#C7F8F1
Lighter +10%#99F3E5
Darker −10%#3FE7CF
Darker −20%#1BD8BD
Darker −30%#15AB95
Darker −40%#0F7E6D
More saturated +25%#5AFFE7
Less saturated −25%#81D8CB

Channel breakdown

R108
G237
B218
Red108 (42.4%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue171.16°
Saturation (HSL)78.18%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G ED · B DA

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