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#6FBE8A

Seafoam · light cool green

About #6FBE8A

#6FBE8A is a light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 44% red, 75% green and 54% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 42% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 25% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Seafoam and Pistachio (ΔE 16.4), with Pistachio the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BE6FA3 (plum), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red111
Green190
Blue138

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.4
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 18.5
Jade
#00A86B · ΔE 18.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #6FBE8A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #6FBE8A.
2.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #6FBE8A.
9.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #6FBE8A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#6FBE8A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB387
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B2AA8D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5FBCB0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #6FBE8A?

#6FBE8A is a light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 44% red, 75% green and 54% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 42% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 25% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #6FBE8A?

Use black text. Black on #6FBE8A has a contrast ratio of 9.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #6FBE8A?

Its complementary colour is #BE6FA3, and analogous partners are #7CBE6F and #6FBEB2.