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Recognised as Colour

#6DAABC

  • #6DAABC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6DAABC is a cyan with RGB values 109, 170, 188 and HSL 194°, 37%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6DAABC#6DAABC
HEX#6DAABC
RGBrgb(109, 170, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.6667, 0.7373
RGB percentages42.7%, 66.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(193.7, 37.1%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 42%, 73.7%)
CMYK42%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,187,132
CSS custom property--colour: #6DAABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.13:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#925543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA6BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#4BB0B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 18.5Slate grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC7F6D
Analogous#6DBCA7, #6D83BC
Triadic#BC6DAA, #AABC6D
Split complementary#BC6D83, #BCA76D
Tetradic#A76DBC, #BC7F6D, #82BC6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FBFC
Lighter +30%#D6E7EC
Lighter +20%#B3D3DC
Lighter +10%#90BECC
Darker −10%#4D94A9
Darker −20%#3D7586
Darker −30%#2D5763
Darker −40%#1D3840
More saturated +25%#52B8D7
Less saturated −25%#889CA1

Channel breakdown

R109
G170
B188
Red109 (42.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue193.67°
Saturation (HSL)37.09%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G AA · B BC

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