Recognised as Colour

#6DDFD5

#6DDFD5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6DDFD5 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 223, 213 and HSL 175°, 64%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#6DDFD5

RGBrgb(109, 223, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8745, 0.8353

RGB percentages42.7%, 87.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(174.7, 64%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.7, 51.1%, 87.5%)

CMYK51.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,200,725

CSS custom property--colour: #6DDFD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#92202A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D5D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2C7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Tritanopia#23E4DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.8 Turquoise · ΔE 9.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF6D77

Analogous#6DDF9C, #6DB0DF

Triadic#D56DDF, #DFD56D

Split complementary#DF6DB0, #DF9C6D

Tetradic#9C6DDF, #DF6D77, #B0DF6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAFBF9

Lighter +20%#C1F1ED

Lighter +10%#97E8E1

Darker −10%#43D6C9

Darker −20%#29BDB0

Darker −30%#209389

Darker −40%#176962

More saturated +25%#57F5E7

Less saturated −25%#83C9C3

Channel breakdown

R109

G223

B213

Red109 (42.7%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue174.74°

Saturation (HSL)64.04%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G DF · B D5

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