Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#6DD0CB

  • #6DD0CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6DD0CB is a cyan with RGB values 109, 208, 203 and HSL 177°, 51%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6DD0CB#6DD0CB
HEX#6DD0CB
RGBrgb(109, 208, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8157, 0.7961
RGB percentages42.7%, 81.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(177, 51.3%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 47.6%, 81.6%)
CMYK47.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,196,875
CSS custom property--colour: #6DD0CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.53:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#922F34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C7CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BBCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#36D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D06D72
Analogous#6DD09A, #6DA3D0
Triadic#CB6DD0, #D0CB6D
Split complementary#D06DA3, #D09A6D
Tetradic#9A6DD0, #D06D72, #A3D06D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F5F4
Lighter +20%#BAE9E6
Lighter +10%#94DCD9
Darker −10%#46C4BD
Darker −20%#34A39D
Darker −30%#287C78
Darker −40%#1C5553
More saturated +25%#55E8E1
Less saturated −25%#85B8B5

Channel breakdown

R109
G208
B203
Red109 (42.7%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue176.97°
Saturation (HSL)51.3%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G D0 · B CB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6dd0cb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.