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Recognised as Colour

#6E918C

  • #6E918C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6E918C is a cyan with RGB values 110, 145, 140 and HSL 171°, 14%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6E918C#6E918C
HEX#6E918C
RGBrgb(110, 145, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.5686, 0.549
RGB percentages43.1%, 56.9%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(171.4, 13.7%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 24.1%, 56.9%)
CMYK24.1%, 0%, 3.4%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,246,220
CSS custom property--colour: #6E918C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#916E73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8D8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#87888Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#64938Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.6Gray · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Slate grey · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.7Dim grey · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#916E73
Analogous#6E917B, #6E8491
Triadic#8C6E91, #918C6E
Split complementary#916E84, #917B6E
Tetradic#7B6E91, #916E73, #84916E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E9E8
Lighter +30%#C5D3D1
Lighter +20%#A8BDBA
Lighter +10%#8BA7A3
Darker −10%#587470
Darker −20%#425754
Darker −30%#2C3A38
Darker −40%#161D1C
More saturated +25%#4EB1A3
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R110
G145
B140
Red110 (43.1%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)13.73%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G 91 · B 8C

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