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Recognised as Colour

#6FC5AE

  • #6FC5AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#6FC5AE is a cyan with RGB values 111, 197, 174 and HSL 164°, 43%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#6FC5AE#6FC5AE
HEX#6FC5AE
RGBrgb(111, 197, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7725, 0.6824
RGB percentages43.5%, 77.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(164, 42.6%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 43.7%, 77.3%)
CMYK43.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,325,102
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC5AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#903A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0BBADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B1B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#50C7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light seagreen · ΔE 14Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C56F86
Analogous#6FC583, #6FB1C5
Triadic#AE6FC5, #C5AE6F
Split complementary#C56FB1, #C5836F
Tetradic#836FC5, #C56F86, #B1C56F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF1EB
Lighter +20%#B8E2D7
Lighter +10%#93D4C2
Darker −10%#4BB69A
Darker −20%#3B937B
Darker −30%#2D6E5D
Darker −40%#1E4A3E
More saturated +25%#56DEBA
Less saturated −25%#88ACA2

Channel breakdown

R111
G197
B174
Red111 (43.5%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue163.95°
Saturation (HSL)42.57%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6F · G C5 · B AE

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