Recognised as Colour

#6CF5D9

#6CF5D9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#6CF5D9 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 245, 217 and HSL 168°, 87%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#6CF5D9

RGBrgb(108, 245, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9608, 0.851

RGB percentages42.4%, 96.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(167.7, 87.3%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.7, 55.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK55.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,140,825

CSS custom property--colour: #6CF5D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#930A26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE8D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00F8EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.4 Turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.4 Aqua · ΔE 17 Cyan · ΔE 17 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F56C88

Analogous#6CF594, #6CCDF5

Triadic#D96CF5, #F5D96C

Split complementary#F56CCD, #F5946C

Tetradic#946CF5, #F56C88, #CDF56C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFFFE

Lighter +20%#CCFBF2

Lighter +10%#9CF8E5

Darker −10%#3CF2CD

Darker −20%#10EBBE

Darker −30%#0DBB98

Darker −40%#098C71

More saturated +25%#62FFDF

Less saturated −25%#80E1CD

Channel breakdown

R108

G245

B217

Red108 (42.4%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue167.74°

Saturation (HSL)87.26%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6C · G F5 · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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