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Recognised as Colour

#A6EDEE

  • #A6EDEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6EDEE is a cyan with RGB values 166, 237, 238 and HSL 181°, 68%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A6EDEE#A6EDEE
HEX#A6EDEE
RGBrgb(166, 237, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9294, 0.9333
RGB percentages65.1%, 92.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(180.8, 67.9%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 30.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK30.3%, 0.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,939,886
CSS custom property--colour: #A6EDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74848WCAG 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 15.97:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#591211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8CF2EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 12.7Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.43, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEA7A6
Analogous#A6EECB, #A6C9EE
Triadic#EEA6ED, #EDEEA6
Split complementary#EEA6C9, #EECBA6
Tetradic#CBA6EE, #EEA7A6, #C9EEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFE
Lighter +10%#D1F6F6
Darker −10%#7BE4E6
Darker −20%#50DCDE
Darker −30%#28D0D3
Darker −40%#20A6A8
More saturated +25%#99FAFB
Less saturated −25%#B3E0E1

Channel breakdown

R166
G237
B238
Red166 (65.1%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue180.83°
Saturation (HSL)67.92%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G ED · B EE

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