Recognised as Colour

#6DF8E0

#6DF8E0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6DF8E0 is a cyan with RGB values 109, 248, 224 and HSL 170°, 91%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6DF8E0#6DF8E0

HEX#6DF8E0

RGBrgb(109, 248, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.9725, 0.8784

RGB percentages42.7%, 97.3%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(169.6, 90.8%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 56%, 97.3%)

CMYK56%, 0%, 9.7%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,207,136

CSS custom property--colour: #6DF8E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#92071F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#D9DBE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FCF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 10.1 Aqua · ΔE 15.1 Cyan · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F86D85

Analogous#6DF89B, #6DCAF8

Triadic#E06DF8, #F8E06D

Split complementary#F86DCA, #F89B6D

Tetradic#9B6DF8, #F86D85, #CAF86D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#CEFDF5

Lighter +10%#9EFAEA

Darker −10%#3CF6D6

Darker −20%#0CF3CB

Darker −30%#09C3A3

Darker −40%#07927A

More saturated +25%#66FFE5

Less saturated −25%#80E5D3

Channel breakdown

R109

G248

B224

Red109 (42.7%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue169.64°

Saturation (HSL)90.85%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G F8 · B E0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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