Recognised as Colour

#6AFFE8

#6AFFE8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#6AFFE8 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 255, 232 and HSL 171°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#6AFFE8#6AFFE8

HEX#6AFFE8

RGBrgb(106, 255, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 1, 0.9098

RGB percentages41.6%, 100%, 91%

HSLhsl(170.7, 100%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 58.4%, 100%)

CMYK58.4%, 0%, 9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,328

CSS custom property--colour: #6AFFE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.08:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#950017

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F1E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.7 Turquoise · ΔE 11.1 Aqua · ΔE 13.5 Cyan · ΔE 13.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF6A81

Analogous#6AFF9D, #6ACCFF

Triadic#E86AFF, #FFE86A

Split complementary#FF6ACC, #FF9D6A

Tetradic#9D6AFF, #FF6A81, #CCFF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D0FFF8

Lighter +10%#9DFFF0

Darker −10%#37FFE0

Darker −20%#04FFD8

Darker −30%#00D0B0

Darker −40%#009D85

More saturated +25%#6AFFE8

Less saturated −25%#7DECDB

Channel breakdown

R106

G255

B232

Red106 (41.6%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue170.74°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G FF · B E8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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