Recognised as Colour

#6DD6BA

#6DD6BA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6DD6BA is a cyan with RGB values 109, 214, 186 and HSL 164°, 56%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#6DD6BA

RGBrgb(109, 214, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8392, 0.7294

RGB percentages42.7%, 83.9%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(164, 56.1%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164, 49.1%, 83.9%)

CMYK49.1%, 0%, 13.1%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,198,394

CSS custom property--colour: #6DD6BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#922945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CBB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFBFBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#41D8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.2 Turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.17, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D66D89

Analogous#6DD685, #6DBDD6

Triadic#BA6DD6, #D6BA6D

Split complementary#D66DBD, #D6856D

Tetradic#856DD6, #D66D89, #BDD66D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4F8F2

Lighter +20%#BDECE0

Lighter +10%#95E1CD

Darker −10%#45CBA7

Darker −20%#30AD8B

Darker −30%#25856B

Darker −40%#1A5D4B

More saturated +25%#56EDC5

Less saturated −25%#84BFAF

Channel breakdown

R109

G214

B186

Red109 (42.7%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue164°

Saturation (HSL)56.15%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G D6 · B BA

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