Colour

#6AFFFD

#6AFFFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#6AFFFD is a cyan with RGB values 106, 255, 253 and HSL 179°, 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

#6AFFFD#6AFFFD

HEX#6AFFFD

RGBrgb(106, 255, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 1, 0.9922

RGB percentages41.6%, 100%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(179.2, 100%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 58.4%, 100%)

CMYK58.4%, 0%, 0.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,349

CSS custom property--colour: #6AFFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.34:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#950002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0F3FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8E2FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.9 Cyan · ΔE 8.9 Turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF6A6C

Analogous#6AFFB3, #6AB6FF

Triadic#FD6AFF, #FFFD6A

Split complementary#FF6AB7, #FFB36A

Tetradic#B26AFF, #FF6A6C, #B6FF6A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D0FFFE

Lighter +10%#9DFFFE

Darker −10%#37FFFC

Darker −20%#04FFFC

Darker −30%#00D0CD

Darker −40%#009D9B

More saturated +25%#6AFFFD

Less saturated −25%#7DECEB

Channel breakdown

R106

G255

B253

Red106 (41.6%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue179.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G FF · B FD

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Colour values

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