Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#6FC5BE

  • #6FC5BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#6FC5BE is a cyan with RGB values 111, 197, 190 and HSL 175°, 43%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#6FC5BE#6FC5BE
HEX#6FC5BE
RGBrgb(111, 197, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.7725, 0.7451
RGB percentages43.5%, 77.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(175.1, 42.6%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 43.7%, 77.3%)
CMYK43.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,325,118
CSS custom property--colour: #6FC5BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#903A41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDBDBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB2BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#48C9C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C56F76
Analogous#6FC593, #6FA1C5
Triadic#BE6FC5, #C5BE6F
Split complementary#C56FA1, #C5936F
Tetradic#936FC5, #C56F76, #A1C56F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF1EF
Lighter +20%#B8E2DF
Lighter +10%#93D4CE
Darker −10%#4BB6AE
Darker −20%#3B938C
Darker −30%#2D6E69
Darker −40%#1E4A47
More saturated +25%#56DED3
Less saturated −25%#88ACA9

Channel breakdown

R111
G197
B190
Red111 (43.5%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue175.12°
Saturation (HSL)42.57%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6F · G C5 · B BE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “6fc5be” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.