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#6ACBCB

#6acbcb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6acbcb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 79.61% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 48.26% saturation and 60.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.88.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5009

Complementary

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #cb6a6a

Split complementary

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #cb6a9b
  3. #cb9b6a

Analogous

  1. #6acb9b
  2. #6acbcb
  3. #6a9bcb

Triadic

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #cb6acb
  3. #cbcb6a

Tetradic

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #6a6acb
  3. #cb6a6a
  4. #cbcb6a

Square

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #9b6acb
  3. #cb6a6a
  4. #9bcb6a

Monochromatic

  1. #287474
  2. #3cacac
  3. #6acbcb
  4. #a3dfdf
  5. #dbf3f3

Shades

#6acbcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #5fb7b7
  3. #55a2a2
  4. #4a8e8e
  5. #407a7a
  6. #356666
  7. #2a5151
  8. #203d3d
  9. #152929
  10. #0b1414
  11. #000000

Tints

#6acbcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #79d0d0
  3. #88d5d5
  4. #97dbdb
  5. #a6e0e0
  6. #b5e5e5
  7. #c3eaea
  8. #d2efef
  9. #e1f5f5
  10. #f0fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6acbcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6acbcb
  2. #6cc4c4
  3. #6ebcbc
  4. #71b5b5
  5. #73adad
  6. #75a6a6
  7. #779e9e
  8. #799797
  9. #7c8f8f
  10. #7e8888
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1c2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0c3cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb6cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2fd0cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c6cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98bfcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4dcecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6acbcb {
  color: #6acbcb;
}
Background
.bg-6acbcb {
  background-color: #6acbcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6acbcb {
  border: 2px solid #6acbcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6acbcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 203 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 48% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6acbcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6acbcb, #6a9bcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6acbcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 203 203 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.88 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.84 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.96 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.34 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.43 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.21 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.96 #953434 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#6acbcb  rgb(106, 203, 203)  hsl(180, 48%, 61%)  Medium Turquoise
#cb6a6a  rgb(203, 106, 106)  hsl(0, 48%, 61%)  Indian Red
#cb6acb  rgb(203, 106, 203)  hsl(300, 48%, 61%)  Orchid
#cbcb6a  rgb(203, 203, 106)  hsl(60, 48%, 61%)  Straw