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Recognised as Colour

#6CF5EB

  • #6CF5EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6CF5EB is a cyan with RGB values 108, 245, 235 and HSL 176°, 87%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6CF5EB#6CF5EB
HEX#6CF5EB
RGBrgb(108, 245, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9608, 0.9216
RGB percentages42.4%, 96.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(175.6, 87.3%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 55.9%, 96.1%)
CMYK55.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,140,843
CSS custom property--colour: #6CF5EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#930A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00FBF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.4Aqua · ΔE 11.6Cyan · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F56C76
Analogous#6CF5A6, #6CBBF5
Triadic#EB6CF5, #F5EB6C
Split complementary#F56CBB, #F5A66C
Tetradic#A66CF5, #F56C76, #BBF56C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFFFE
Lighter +20%#CCFBF8
Lighter +10%#9CF8F1
Darker −10%#3CF2E5
Darker −20%#10EBDB
Darker −30%#0DBBAF
Darker −40%#098C82
More saturated +25%#62FFF4
Less saturated −25%#80E1DA

Channel breakdown

R108
G245
B235
Red108 (42.4%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue175.62°
Saturation (HSL)87.26%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G F5 · B EB

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