Recognised as Colour

#A6EBEC

#A6EBEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6EBEC is a cyan with RGB values 166, 235, 236 and HSL 181°, 65%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#A6EBEC

RGBrgb(166, 235, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9216, 0.9255

RGB percentages65.1%, 92.2%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(180.9, 64.8%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 29.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK29.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,939,372

CSS custom property--colour: #A6EBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.72:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#591413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5DBEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8DEFEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.2 Powder blue · ΔE 7.5 Light blue · ΔE 12.1 Light cyan · ΔE 15 Sky blue · ΔE 18 Azure · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.22, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECA7A6

Analogous#A6ECCA, #A6C8EC

Triadic#ECA6EB, #EBECA6

Split complementary#ECA6C8, #ECCAA6

Tetradic#CAA6EC, #ECA7A6, #C8ECA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFEFE

Lighter +10%#D0F4F5

Darker −10%#7CE2E3

Darker −20%#52D8DA

Darker −30%#2CCBCD

Darker −40%#23A1A3

More saturated +25%#99F8FA

Less saturated −25%#B4DEDF

Channel breakdown

R166

G235

B236

Red166 (65.1%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue180.86°

Saturation (HSL)64.81%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G EB · B EC

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