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Recognised as Colour

#A6EFDD

  • #A6EFDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6EFDD is a cyan with RGB values 166, 239, 221 and HSL 165°, 70%, 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

#A6EFDD#A6EFDD
HEX#A6EFDD
RGBrgb(166, 239, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9373, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.1%, 93.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(165.2, 69.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.2, 30.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK30.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,940,381
CSS custom property--colour: #A6EFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#591022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCDDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91F1E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 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 text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.8Light cyan · ΔE 19.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.5Turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFA6B8
Analogous#A6EFB9, #A6DDEF
Triadic#DDA6EF, #EFDDA6
Split complementary#EFA6DD, #EFB9A6
Tetradic#B8A6EF, #EFA6B8, #DDEFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFFFE
Lighter +10%#D1F7EE
Darker −10%#7BE7CC
Darker −20%#50DFBC
Darker −30%#26D6AA
Darker −40%#1FAA88
More saturated +25%#99FCE4
Less saturated −25%#B3E2D6

Channel breakdown

R166
G239
B221
Red166 (65.1%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue165.21°
Saturation (HSL)69.52%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G EF · B DD

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