Recognised as Colour

#6EF9DF

#6EF9DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#6EF9DF is a cyan with RGB values 110, 249, 223 and HSL 169°, 92%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6EF9DF#6EF9DF

HEX#6EF9DF

RGBrgb(110, 249, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.9765, 0.8745

RGB percentages43.1%, 97.6%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(168.8, 92.1%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 55.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK55.8%, 0%, 10.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,272,927

CSS custom property--colour: #6EF9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#910620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0ECDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADCE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Aqua · ΔE 15.8 Cyan · ΔE 15.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F96E88

Analogous#6EF99A, #6ECDF9

Triadic#DF6EF9, #F9DF6E

Split complementary#F96ECD, #F99A6E

Tetradic#9A6EF9, #F96E88, #CDF96E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D0FDF5

Lighter +10%#9FFBEA

Darker −10%#3DF7D4

Darker −20%#0CF5C9

Darker −30%#08C6A2

Darker −40%#06957A

More saturated +25%#68FFE3

Less saturated −25%#81E6D3

Channel breakdown

R110

G249

B223

Red110 (43.1%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue168.78°

Saturation (HSL)92.05%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6E · G F9 · B DF

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