Recognised as Colour

#6EC8D0

#6EC8D0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6EC8D0 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 200, 208 and HSL 185°, 51%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#6EC8D0

RGBrgb(110, 200, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7843, 0.8157

RGB percentages43.1%, 78.4%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(184.9, 51%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 47.1%, 81.6%)

CMYK47.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,260,368

CSS custom property--colour: #6EC8D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.84:1

Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#91372F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC1D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACB5D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#37CECAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Sky blue · ΔE 13.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Powder blue · ΔE 15.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1 Light blue · ΔE 16.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D0766E

Analogous#6ED0A7, #6E97D0

Triadic#D06EC8, #C8D06E

Split complementary#D06E97, #D0A76E

Tetradic#A76ED0, #D0766E, #97D06E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2F4F5

Lighter +20%#BBE5E9

Lighter +10%#95D7DC

Darker −10%#47B9C4

Darker −20%#359AA3

Darker −30%#28767D

Darker −40%#1C5156

More saturated +25%#56DCE8

Less saturated −25%#86B4B8

Channel breakdown

R110

G200

B208

Red110 (43.1%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue184.9°

Saturation (HSL)51.04%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 6E · G C8 · B D0

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Colour values

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