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Recognised as Colour

#6DE2E6

  • #6DE2E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6DE2E6 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 226, 230 and HSL 182°, 71%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6DE2E6#6DE2E6
HEX#6DE2E6
RGBrgb(109, 226, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8863, 0.902
RGB percentages42.7%, 88.6%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(182, 70.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182, 52.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK52.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,201,510
CSS custom property--colour: #6DE2E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.67:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#921D19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D9E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1CAE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9Aqua · ΔE 18Cyan · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6716D
Analogous#6DE6AE, #6DA5E6
Triadic#E66DE2, #E2E66D
Split complementary#E66DA5, #E6AE6D
Tetradic#AE6DE6, #E6716D, #A5E66D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FCFC
Lighter +20%#C4F3F5
Lighter +10%#99EBED
Darker −10%#41D9DF
Darker −20%#23C5CA
Darker −30%#1B9A9F
Darker −40%#147073
More saturated +25%#58F6FB
Less saturated −25%#82CED1

Channel breakdown

R109
G226
B230
Red109 (42.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue181.98°
Saturation (HSL)70.76%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G E2 · B E6

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