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Recognised as Colour

#6DDCD5

  • #6DDCD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6DDCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 220, 213 and HSL 176°, 61%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6DDCD5#6DDCD5
HEX#6DDCD5
RGBrgb(109, 220, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8627, 0.8353
RGB percentages42.7%, 86.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(176.2, 61.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 50.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK50.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,199,957
CSS custom property--colour: #6DDCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#92232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D2D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC5D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#25E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.4Turquoise · ΔE 10.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC6D74
Analogous#6DDC9E, #6DABDC
Triadic#D56DDC, #DCD56D
Split complementary#DC6DAB, #DC9E6D
Tetradic#9E6DDC, #DC6D74, #ABDC6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8FAF9
Lighter +20%#BFF0ED
Lighter +10%#96E6E1
Darker −10%#44D2C9
Darker −20%#2CB7AE
Darker −30%#228E87
Darker −40%#186560
More saturated +25%#56F3E9
Less saturated −25%#84C5C1

Channel breakdown

R109
G220
B213
Red109 (42.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue176.22°
Saturation (HSL)61.33%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G DC · B D5

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