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Recognised as Colour

#A6FBEF

  • #A6FBEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A6FBEF is a cyan with RGB values 166, 251, 239 and HSL 172°, 91%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#A6FBEF#A6FBEF
HEX#A6FBEF
RGBrgb(166, 251, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.9843, 0.9373
RGB percentages65.1%, 98.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(171.5, 91.4%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 33.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,943,471
CSS custom property--colour: #A6FBEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.67:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#590410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E7F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#89FEF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Powder blue · ΔE 16.7Light cyan · ΔE 18.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Turquoise · ΔE 19.9Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBA6B2
Analogous#A6FBC4, #A6DDFB
Triadic#EFA6FB, #FBEFA6
Split complementary#FBA6DD, #FBC4A6
Tetradic#C4A6FB, #FBA6B2, #DDFBA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7FDF8
Darker −10%#75F9E6
Darker −20%#44F7DD
Darker −30%#14F4D5
Darker −40%#09CCB0
More saturated +25%#A2FFF2
Less saturated −25%#B2EFE7

Channel breakdown

R166
G251
B239
Red166 (65.1%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue171.53°
Saturation (HSL)91.4%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR A6 · G FB · B EF

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