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Recognised as Colour

#A6E9DC

  • #A6E9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6E9DC is a cyan with RGB values 166, 233, 220 and HSL 168°, 60%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A6E9DC#A6E9DC
HEX#A6E9DC
RGBrgb(166, 233, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9137, 0.8627
RGB percentages65.1%, 91.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(168.4, 60.4%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 28.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK28.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,938,844
CSS custom property--colour: #A6E9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71552WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#591623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#92EBE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 17.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2Honeydew · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9A6B3
Analogous#A6E9BB, #A6D5E9
Triadic#DCA6E9, #E9DCA6
Split complementary#E9A6D5, #E9BBA6
Tetradic#BAA6E9, #E9A6B3, #D5E9A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FDFC
Lighter +10%#CFF3EC
Darker −10%#7DDFCC
Darker −20%#54D5BC
Darker −30%#31C5A8
Darker −40%#279C86
More saturated +25%#98F7E4
Less saturated −25%#B4DBD4

Channel breakdown

R166
G233
B220
Red166 (65.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue168.36°
Saturation (HSL)60.36%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G E9 · B DC

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