Colour

#6CF9E1

#6CF9E1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6CF9E1 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 249, 225 and HSL 170°, 92%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6CF9E1#6CF9E1

HEX#6CF9E1

RGBrgb(108, 249, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.9765, 0.8824

RGB percentages42.4%, 97.6%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(169.8, 92.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.8, 56.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK56.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,141,857

CSS custom property--colour: #6CF9E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#93061E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFECE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADCE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDF2no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 10.1 Aqua · ΔE 14.8 Cyan · ΔE 14.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F96C84

Analogous#6CF99A, #6CCBF9

Triadic#E16CF9, #F9E16C

Split complementary#F96CCB, #F99A6C

Tetradic#9A6CF9, #F96C84, #CBF96C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#CEFDF5

Lighter +10%#9DFBEB

Darker −10%#3BF7D7

Darker −20%#0AF5CD

Darker −30%#08C4A4

Darker −40%#06937B

More saturated +25%#66FFE5

Less saturated −25%#7FE6D4

Channel breakdown

R108

G249

B225

Red108 (42.4%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue169.79°

Saturation (HSL)92.16%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6C · G F9 · B E1

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