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#6AFAEF

#6afaef ≈ Turquoise Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6afaef is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 98.04% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 175.42°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise Blue (#00ffef), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.7767

Complementary

  1. #6afaef
  2. #fa6a75

Split complementary

  1. #6afaef
  2. #fa6abd
  3. #faa76a

Analogous

  1. #6afaa7
  2. #6afaef
  3. #6abdfa

Triadic

  1. #6afaef
  2. #ef6afa
  3. #faef6a

Tetradic

  1. #6afaef
  2. #6a75fa
  3. #fa6a75
  4. #faef6a

Square

  1. #6afaef
  2. #a76afa
  3. #fa6a75
  4. #bdfa6a

Monochromatic

  1. #07c4b6
  2. #20f8e7
  3. #6afaef
  4. #b4fcf7
  5. #ebfefd

Shades

#6afaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6afaef
  2. #5fe1d7
  3. #55c8bf
  4. #4aafa7
  5. #40968f
  6. #357d78
  7. #2a6460
  8. #204b48
  9. #153230
  10. #0b1918
  11. #000000

Tints

#6afaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6afaef
  2. #79fbf1
  3. #88fbf2
  4. #97fcf4
  5. #a6fcf5
  6. #b5fdf7
  7. #c3fdf9
  8. #d2fefa
  9. #e1fefc
  10. #f0fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6afaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6afaef
  2. #6ceee4
  3. #6ee2d9
  4. #71d5ce
  5. #73c9c3
  6. #75bdb8
  7. #77b1ac
  8. #79a5a1
  9. #7c9896
  10. #7e8c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfede9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eeeeef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7ddf1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fff6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7f3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6e9f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #30fdf3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6afaef {
  color: #6afaef;
}
Background
.bg-6afaef {
  background-color: #6afaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6afaef {
  border: 2px solid #6afaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6afaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 250 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6afaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6afaef, #6abdfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6afaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 250 239 / 0.35);
}

#00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 3.72 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.57 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.57 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.12 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.17 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.39 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.26 #950510 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Turquoise Blue
#6afaef  rgb(106, 250, 239)  hsl(175, 94%, 70%)  Turquoise Blue
#fa6a75  rgb(250, 106, 117)  hsl(355, 94%, 70%)  Light Coral
#ef6afa  rgb(239, 106, 250)  hsl(295, 94%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#faef6a  rgb(250, 239, 106)  hsl(55, 94%, 70%)  Icterine