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Recognised as Colour

#6DAEA8

  • #6DAEA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6DAEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 174, 168 and HSL 174°, 29%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6DAEA8#6DAEA8
HEX#6DAEA8
RGBrgb(109, 174, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.6824, 0.6588
RGB percentages42.7%, 68.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(174.5, 28.6%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 37.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK37.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,188,136
CSS custom property--colour: #6DAEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3635WCAG 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 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#925157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A8A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9FA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#54B1ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.3Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Dark cyan · ΔE 17.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9Teal · ΔE 20.3Powder blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE6D73
Analogous#6DAE88, #6D94AE
Triadic#A86DAE, #AEA86D
Split complementary#AE6D94, #AE886D
Tetradic#876DAE, #AE6D73, #94AE6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F7F6
Lighter +30%#CFE5E3
Lighter +20%#AFD2CF
Lighter +10%#8EC0BC
Darker −10%#53958F
Darker −20%#417470
Darker −30%#2E5450
Darker −40%#1C3331
More saturated +25%#51CABF
Less saturated −25%#899291

Channel breakdown

R109
G174
B168
Red109 (42.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue174.46°
Saturation (HSL)28.63%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G AE · B A8

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