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Recognised as Colour

#A6EFE0

  • #A6EFE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6EFE0 is a cyan with RGB values 166, 239, 224 and HSL 168°, 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

#A6EFE0#A6EFE0
HEX#A6EFE0
RGBrgb(166, 239, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9373, 0.8784
RGB percentages65.1%, 93.7%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(167.7, 69.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.7, 30.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK30.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,940,384
CSS custom property--colour: #A6EFE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#59101F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E7DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCDDE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#90F1EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 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 text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Light cyan · ΔE 18.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Light blue · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFA6B5
Analogous#A6EFBC, #A6DAEF
Triadic#E0A6EF, #EFE0A6
Split complementary#EFA6DA, #EFBCA6
Tetradic#BCA6EF, #EFA6B5, #DAEFA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFFFE
Lighter +10%#D1F7EF
Darker −10%#7BE7D1
Darker −20%#50DFC2
Darker −30%#26D6B2
Darker −40%#1FAA8E
More saturated +25%#99FCE8
Less saturated −25%#B3E2D8

Channel breakdown

R166
G239
B224
Red166 (65.1%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue167.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.52%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G EF · B E0

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