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Recognised as Colour

#6AE6FA

  • #6AE6FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#6AE6FA is a cyan with RGB values 106, 230, 250 and HSL 188°, 94%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#6AE6FA#6AE6FA
HEX#6AE6FA
RGBrgb(106, 230, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.902, 0.9804
RGB percentages41.6%, 90.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(188.3, 93.5%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 57.6%, 98%)
CMYK57.6%, 8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,005,946
CSS custom property--colour: #6AE6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#951905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DEFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECEFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.3Powder blue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA7E6A
Analogous#6AFAC6, #6A9EFA
Triadic#FA6AE6, #E6FA6A
Split complementary#FA6A9E, #FAC66A
Tetradic#C66AFA, #FA7E6A, #9EFA6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#CDF7FD
Lighter +10%#9BEEFC
Darker −10%#39DEF8
Darker −20%#08D5F6
Darker −30%#07AAC4
Darker −40%#057F93
More saturated +25%#65EAFF
Less saturated −25%#7DD8E7

Channel breakdown

R106
G230
B250
Red106 (41.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue188.33°
Saturation (HSL)93.51%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G E6 · B FA

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