Recognised as Colour

#6FF5EF

#6FF5EF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#6FF5EF is a cyan with RGB values 111, 245, 239 and HSL 177°, 87%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#6FF5EF#6FF5EF

HEX#6FF5EF

RGBrgb(111, 245, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.9608, 0.9373

RGB percentages43.5%, 96.1%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(177.3, 87%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 54.7%, 96.1%)

CMYK54.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,337,455

CSS custom property--colour: #6FF5EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#900A10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8EAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2DAF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FBF3no 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 text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11 Aqua · ΔE 11.8 Cyan · ΔE 11.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F56F75

Analogous#6FF5AC, #6FB8F5

Triadic#EF6FF5, #F5EF6F

Split complementary#F56FB8, #F5AC6F

Tetradic#AC6FF5, #F56F75, #B8F56F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFFFF

Lighter +20%#CEFCFA

Lighter +10%#9FF8F4

Darker −10%#3FF2EA

Darker −20%#10EEE4

Darker −30%#0DBEB6

Darker −40%#0A8E88

More saturated +25%#65FFF8

Less saturated −25%#82E2DD

Channel breakdown

R111

G245

B239

Red111 (43.5%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue177.31°

Saturation (HSL)87.01%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6F · G F5 · B EF

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