Recognised as Colour

#6DE4B3

#6DE4B3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#6DE4B3 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 228, 179 and HSL 155°, 69%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6DE4B3#6DE4B3

HEX#6DE4B3

RGBrgb(109, 228, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.8941, 0.702

RGB percentages42.7%, 89.4%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(155.3, 68.8%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155.3, 52.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK52.2%, 0%, 21.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,201,971

CSS custom property--colour: #6DE4B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.4:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#921B4C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0D6B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFC9B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#40E4D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2 Turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.8 Light green · ΔE 23.5 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E46D9E

Analogous#6DE477, #6DDAE4

Triadic#B36DE4, #E4B36D

Split complementary#E46DDA, #E4776D

Tetradic#776DE4, #E46D9E, #DAE46D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEFCF6

Lighter +20%#C3F4E0

Lighter +10%#98ECC9

Darker −10%#42DC9D

Darker −20%#25C684

Darker −30%#1D9B67

Darker −40%#15704B

More saturated +25%#57FAB7

Less saturated −25%#83CEAF

Channel breakdown

R109

G228

B179

Red109 (42.7%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue155.29°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G E4 · B B3

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