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Colour

#6AEFFF

  • #6AEFFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#6AEFFF is a cyan with RGB values 106, 239, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#6AEFFF#6AEFFF
HEX#6AEFFF
RGBrgb(106, 239, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.9373, 1
RGB percentages41.6%, 93.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(186.4, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK58.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,008,255
CSS custom property--colour: #6AEFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.4:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#951000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6D5FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aqua · ΔE 17.1Cyan · ΔE 17.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7A6A
Analogous#6AFFC4, #6AA5FF
Triadic#FF6AEF, #EFFF6A
Split complementary#FF6AA5, #FFC46A
Tetradic#C46AFF, #FF7A6A, #A5FF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0FAFF
Lighter +10%#9DF4FF
Darker −10%#37EAFF
Darker −20%#04E4FF
Darker −30%#00BAD0
Darker −40%#008C9D
More saturated +25%#6AEFFF
Less saturated −25%#7DE0EC

Channel breakdown

R106
G239
B255
Red106 (41.6%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue186.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G EF · B FF

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