Recognised as Colour

#6CF5DC

#6CF5DC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6CF5DC is a cyan with RGB values 108, 245, 220 and HSL 169°, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#6CF5DC#6CF5DC

HEX#6CF5DC

RGBrgb(108, 245, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9608, 0.8627

RGB percentages42.4%, 96.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(169.1, 87.3%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 55.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK55.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,140,828

CSS custom property--colour: #6CF5DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#930A23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECE8DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D8DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 9.8 Aqua · ΔE 15.8 Cyan · ΔE 15.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F56C85

Analogous#6CF598, #6CC9F5

Triadic#DC6CF5, #F5DC6C

Split complementary#F56CCA, #F5986C

Tetradic#976CF5, #F56C85, #C9F56C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBFFFE

Lighter +20%#CCFBF3

Lighter +10%#9CF8E7

Darker −10%#3CF2D1

Darker −20%#10EBC3

Darker −30%#0DBB9B

Darker −40%#098C74

More saturated +25%#62FFE2

Less saturated −25%#80E1D0

Channel breakdown

R108

G245

B220

Red108 (42.4%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue169.05°

Saturation (HSL)87.26%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6C · G F5 · B DC

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Colour values

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