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Recognised as Colour

#6FF9B9

  • #6FF9B9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#6FF9B9 is a cyan with RGB values 111, 249, 185 and HSL 152°, 92%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6FF9B9#6FF9B9
HEX#6FF9B9
RGBrgb(111, 249, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.9765, 0.7255
RGB percentages43.5%, 97.6%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(152.2, 92%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.2, 55.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK55.4%, 0%, 25.7%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,338,425
CSS custom property--colour: #6FF9B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#900646

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6E9B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2DABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Tritanopia#38F8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Light green · ΔE 18.5Pale green · ΔE 19.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.3Medium spring green · ΔE 22.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F96FAF
Analogous#6FF974, #6FF4F9
Triadic#B96FF9, #F9B96F
Split complementary#F96FF4, #F9746F
Tetradic#746FF9, #F96FAF, #F4F96F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1FDE9
Lighter +10%#A0FBD1
Darker −10%#3EF7A1
Darker −20%#0DF589
Darker −30%#08C76E
Darker −40%#069653
More saturated +25%#69FFB9
Less saturated −25%#82E6B8

Channel breakdown

R111
G249
B185
Red111 (43.5%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue152.17°
Saturation (HSL)92%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6F · G F9 · B B9

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