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Recognised as Colour

#6FB5AA

  • #6FB5AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6FB5AA is a cyan with RGB values 111, 181, 170 and HSL 171°, 32%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6FB5AA#6FB5AA
HEX#6FB5AA
RGBrgb(111, 181, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7098, 0.6667
RGB percentages43.5%, 71%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(170.6, 32.1%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 38.7%, 71%)
CMYK38.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,321,002
CSS custom property--colour: #6FB5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#904A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAEAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A5ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#56B8B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B56F7A
Analogous#6FB587, #6F9DB5
Triadic#AA6FB5, #B5AA6F
Split complementary#B56F9D, #B5876F
Tetradic#876FB5, #B56F7A, #9DB56F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FAFA
Lighter +30%#D4E9E6
Lighter +20%#B2D8D2
Lighter +10%#91C6BE
Darker −10%#529F93
Darker −20%#407E74
Darker −30%#2F5C55
Darker −40%#1E3A36
More saturated +25%#54D0BD
Less saturated −25%#8A9A97

Channel breakdown

R111
G181
B170
Red111 (43.5%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue170.57°
Saturation (HSL)32.11%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6F · G B5 · B AA

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