Recognised as Colour

#6DFDEC

#6DFDEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6DFDEC is a cyan with RGB values 109, 253, 236 and HSL 173°, 97%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6DFDEC#6DFDEC

HEX#6DFDEC

RGBrgb(109, 253, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.9922, 0.9255

RGB percentages42.7%, 99.2%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(172.9, 97.3%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 56.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK56.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,208,428

CSS custom property--colour: #6DFDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.91:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#920213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.3 Aqua · ΔE 11.9 Cyan · ΔE 11.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD6D7E

Analogous#6DFDA4, #6DC6FD

Triadic#EC6DFD, #FDEC6D

Split complementary#FD6DC6, #FDA46D

Tetradic#A46DFD, #FD6D7E, #C6FD6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D2FEF9

Lighter +10%#9FFEF3

Darker −10%#3BFCE5

Darker −20%#08FCDF

Darker −30%#03CEB6

Darker −40%#029C8A

More saturated +25%#6BFFEE

Less saturated −25%#80EBDE

Channel breakdown

R109

G253

B236

Red109 (42.7%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue172.92°

Saturation (HSL)97.3%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6D · G FD · B EC

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Colour values

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