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Recognised as Colour

#6EDDCD

  • #6EDDCD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6EDDCD is a cyan with RGB values 110, 221, 205 and HSL 171°, 62%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6EDDCD#6EDDCD
HEX#6EDDCD
RGBrgb(110, 221, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.8667, 0.8039
RGB percentages43.1%, 86.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 62%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 50.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK50.2%, 0%, 7.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,265,741
CSS custom property--colour: #6EDDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.89:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#912232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D2CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C5CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#31E1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Turquoise · ΔE 8.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Aquamarine · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD6E7E
Analogous#6EDD96, #6EB5DD
Triadic#CD6EDD, #DDCD6E
Split complementary#DD6EB6, #DD966E
Tetradic#956EDD, #DD6E7E, #B5DD6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAFAF8
Lighter +20%#C1F0E9
Lighter +10%#97E7DB
Darker −10%#45D3BF
Darker −20%#2BBAA5
Darker −30%#229080
Darker −40%#18675C
More saturated +25%#58F3DD
Less saturated −25%#84C7BD

Channel breakdown

R110
G221
B205
Red110 (43.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue171.35°
Saturation (HSL)62.01%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G DD · B CD

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