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#6BCDBC

#6bcdbc ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6bcdbc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 80.39% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.29% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 169.59°, with 49.49% saturation and 61.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.28.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5042

Complementary

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #cd6b7c

Split complementary

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #cd6bad
  3. #cd8b6b

Analogous

  1. #6bcd8b
  2. #6bcdbc
  3. #6badcd

Triadic

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #bc6bcd
  3. #cdbc6b

Tetradic

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #6b7ccd
  3. #cd6b7c
  4. #cdbc6b

Square

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #8b6bcd
  3. #cd6b7c
  4. #adcd6b

Monochromatic

  1. #287769
  2. #3bb09c
  3. #6bcdbc
  4. #a4e0d6
  5. #ddf4f0

Shades

#6bcdbc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #60b9a9
  3. #56a496
  4. #4b9084
  5. #407b71
  6. #36675e
  7. #2b524b
  8. #203e38
  9. #152926
  10. #0b1513
  11. #000000

Tints

#6bcdbc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #7ad2c3
  3. #89d7c9
  4. #97dcd0
  5. #a6e1d7
  6. #b5e6de
  7. #c4ebe4
  8. #d3f0eb
  9. #e1f5f2
  10. #f0faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6bcdbc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6bcdbc
  2. #6dc5b6
  3. #6fbeb0
  4. #71b6aa
  5. #73aea4
  6. #76a79e
  7. #789f98
  8. #7a9792
  9. #7c8f8c
  10. #7e8886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2c3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c3bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5b7bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3ed0c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c7bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9dc0bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #53cfc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6bcdbc {
  color: #6bcdbc;
}
Background
.bg-6bcdbc {
  background-color: #6bcdbc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6bcdbc {
  border: 2px solid #6bcdbc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6bcdbc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 205 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 49% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6bcdbc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6bcdbc, #6badcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6bcdbc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 205 188 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.28 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.71 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.72 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.58 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.11 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.33 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.34 #943243 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#6bcdbc  rgb(107, 205, 188)  hsl(170, 49%, 61%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd6b7c  rgb(205, 107, 124)  hsl(350, 49%, 61%)  Rose Gold
#bc6bcd  rgb(188, 107, 205)  hsl(290, 49%, 61%)  Medium Orchid
#cdbc6b  rgb(205, 188, 107)  hsl(50, 49%, 61%)  Vegas Gold