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Recognised as Colour

#6DC8A7

  • #6DC8A7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6DC8A7 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 200, 167 and HSL 158°, 45%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6DC8A7#6DC8A7
HEX#6DC8A7
RGBrgb(109, 200, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7843, 0.6549
RGB percentages42.7%, 78.4%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(158.2, 45.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.2, 45.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK45.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,194,791
CSS custom property--colour: #6DC8A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.47:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#923758

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4BDA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B3A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4FC9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 3.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.1Turquoise · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8Light seagreen · ΔE 17Aquamarine · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 3.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C86D8E
Analogous#6DC879, #6DBBC8
Triadic#A76DC8, #C8A76D
Split complementary#C86DBB, #C87A6D
Tetradic#7A6DC8, #C86D8E, #BBC86D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF2EA
Lighter +20%#B7E4D4
Lighter +10%#92D6BD
Darker −10%#48BA91
Darker −20%#399674
Darker −30%#2B7158
Darker −40%#1D4C3B
More saturated +25%#54E1AE
Less saturated −25%#86AFA0

Channel breakdown

R109
G200
B167
Red109 (42.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue158.24°
Saturation (HSL)45.27%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G C8 · B A7

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