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Recognised as Colour

#6AFFFB

  • #6AFFFB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#6AFFFB is a cyan with RGB values 106, 255, 251 and HSL 178°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#6AFFFB#6AFFFB
HEX#6AFFFB
RGBrgb(106, 255, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 1, 0.9843
RGB percentages41.6%, 100%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(178.4, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK58.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,012,347
CSS custom property--colour: #6AFFFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.31:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#950004

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1F3FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.9Cyan · ΔE 8.9Turquoise · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Aquamarine · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6A6E
Analogous#6AFFB1, #6AB8FF
Triadic#FB6AFF, #FFFB6A
Split complementary#FF6AB8, #FFB16A
Tetradic#B16AFF, #FF6A6E, #B8FF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D0FFFE
Lighter +10%#9DFFFC
Darker −10%#37FFFA
Darker −20%#04FFF8
Darker −30%#00D0CA
Darker −40%#009D99
More saturated +25%#6AFFFB
Less saturated −25%#7DECE9

Channel breakdown

R106
G255
B251
Red106 (41.6%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue178.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6A · G FF · B FB

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