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Recognised as Colour

#6DABA8

  • #6DABA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6DABA8 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 171, 168 and HSL 177°, 27%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6DABA8#6DABA8
HEX#6DABA8
RGBrgb(109, 171, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.6706, 0.6588
RGB percentages42.7%, 67.1%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(177.1, 27%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 36.3%, 67.1%)
CMYK36.3%, 0%, 1.8%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,187,368
CSS custom property--colour: #6DABA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#925457

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#55AEAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5Teal · ΔE 19.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.3Dark grey · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB6D70
Analogous#6DAB89, #6D8FAB
Triadic#A86DAB, #ABA86D
Split complementary#AB6D8F, #AB896D
Tetradic#896DAB, #AB6D70, #8FAB6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF6F5
Lighter +30%#CEE3E2
Lighter +20%#AED0CF
Lighter +10%#8DBEBB
Darker −10%#54918E
Darker −20%#41716F
Darker −30%#2E514F
Darker −40%#1C302F
More saturated +25%#50C8C2
Less saturated −25%#8A8E8E

Channel breakdown

R109
G171
B168
Red109 (42.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue177.1°
Saturation (HSL)26.96%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G AB · B A8

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