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Recognised as Colour

#6EA99B

  • #6EA99B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6EA99B is a cyan with RGB values 110, 169, 155 and HSL 166°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6EA99B#6EA99B
HEX#6EA99B
RGBrgb(110, 169, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.6627, 0.6078
RGB percentages43.1%, 66.3%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(165.8, 25.5%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.8, 34.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK34.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,252,379
CSS custom property--colour: #6EA99B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#915664

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A29Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9B9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5CABA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.8Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4Teal · ΔE 20.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A96E7C
Analogous#6EA97E, #6E99A9
Triadic#9B6EA9, #A99B6E
Split complementary#A96E99, #A97D6E
Tetradic#7E6EA9, #A96E7C, #9AA96E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF5F3
Lighter +30%#CEE2DD
Lighter +20%#AECFC7
Lighter +10%#8EBCB1
Darker −10%#558F81
Darker −20%#426F64
Darker −30%#2F4F47
Darker −40%#1C2F2B
More saturated +25%#51C6AA
Less saturated −25%#8B8C8C

Channel breakdown

R110
G169
B155
Red110 (43.1%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue165.76°
Saturation (HSL)25.54%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G A9 · B 9B

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