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Recognised as Colour

#6EB49F

  • #6EB49F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6EB49F is a cyan with RGB values 110, 180, 159 and HSL 162°, 32%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6EB49F#6EB49F
HEX#6EB49F
RGBrgb(110, 180, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7059, 0.6235
RGB percentages43.1%, 70.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(162, 31.8%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 38.9%, 70.6%)
CMYK38.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,255,199
CSS custom property--colour: #6EB49F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#914B60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AC9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A3A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#59B5AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3Light seagreen · ΔE 14.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B46E83
Analogous#6EB47C, #6EA6B4
Triadic#9F6EB4, #B49F6E
Split complementary#B46EA6, #B47C6E
Tetradic#7C6EB4, #B46E83, #A6B46E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FAF8
Lighter +30%#D3E8E2
Lighter +20%#B1D7CC
Lighter +10%#90C5B5
Darker −10%#519E87
Darker −20%#407C6A
Darker −30%#2F5A4D
Darker −40%#1D3930
More saturated +25%#52D0AA
Less saturated −25%#8A9994

Channel breakdown

R110
G180
B159
Red110 (43.1%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue162°
Saturation (HSL)31.82%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G B4 · B 9F

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