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Recognised as Colour

#6EEEE6

  • #6EEEE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#6EEEE6 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 238, 230 and HSL 176°, 79%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6EEEE6#6EEEE6
HEX#6EEEE6
RGBrgb(110, 238, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.9333, 0.902
RGB percentages43.1%, 93.3%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(176.3, 79%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 53.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK53.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,270,118
CSS custom property--colour: #6EEEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#911119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD4E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Aqua · ΔE 13.6Cyan · ΔE 13.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE6E76
Analogous#6EEEA6, #6EB6EE
Triadic#E66EEE, #EEE66E
Split complementary#EE6EB6, #EEA66E
Tetradic#A66EEE, #EE6E76, #B6EE6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FEFE
Lighter +20%#C9F9F6
Lighter +10%#9CF3EE
Darker −10%#40E9DE
Darker −20%#1ADCD0
Darker −30%#14AFA5
Darker −40%#0F817A
More saturated +25%#5DFFF5
Less saturated −25%#82DAD4

Channel breakdown

R110
G238
B230
Red110 (43.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue176.25°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G EE · B E6

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