Recognised as Colour

#6DCAA5

#6DCAA5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6DCAA5 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 202, 165 and HSL 156°, 47%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6DCAA5#6DCAA5

HEX#6DCAA5

RGBrgb(109, 202, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.7922, 0.6471

RGB percentages42.7%, 79.2%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(156.1, 46.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 46%, 79.2%)

CMYK46%, 0%, 18.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,195,301

CSS custom property--colour: #6DCAA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.64:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#92355A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6BFA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8B4A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#50CABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 2.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.2 Turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 2.69, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CA6D92

Analogous#6DCA76, #6DC1CA

Triadic#A56DCA, #CAA56D

Split complementary#CA6DC0, #CA766D

Tetradic#776DCA, #CA6D92, #C1CA6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DDF3EA

Lighter +20%#B8E5D3

Lighter +10%#92D8BC

Darker −10%#48BC8E

Darker −20%#389972

Darker −30%#2A7457

Darker −40%#1C4F3B

More saturated +25%#54E3AA

Less saturated −25%#86B1A0

Channel breakdown

R109

G202

B165

Red109 (42.7%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue156.13°

Saturation (HSL)46.73%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G CA · B A5

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Colour values

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