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Recognised as Colour

#6EC9B7

  • #6EC9B7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6EC9B7 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 201, 183 and HSL 168°, 46%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6EC9B7#6EC9B7
HEX#6EC9B7
RGBrgb(110, 201, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.7882, 0.7176
RGB percentages43.1%, 78.8%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(168.1, 45.7%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.1, 45.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK45.3%, 0%, 9%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,260,599
CSS custom property--colour: #6EC9B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#913648

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C0B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B4B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#49CCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)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#C96E80
Analogous#6EC98A, #6EADC9
Triadic#B76EC9, #C9B76E
Split complementary#C96EAE, #C98A6E
Tetradic#8A6EC9, #C96E80, #ADC96E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDF3EE
Lighter +20%#B8E5DC
Lighter +10%#93D7C9
Darker −10%#49BBA5
Darker −20%#399885
Darker −30%#2B7365
Darker −40%#1D4E44
More saturated +25%#55E2C6
Less saturated −25%#87B0A8

Channel breakdown

R110
G201
B183
Red110 (43.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue168.13°
Saturation (HSL)45.73%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G C9 · B B7

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