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#A6FFEF

#a6ffef ≈ Celeste

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a6ffef is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 100% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.27% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 169.21°, with 100% saturation and 82.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 18.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8586

Complementary

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #ffa6b6

Split complementary

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #ffa6e3
  3. #ffc2a6

Analogous

  1. #a6ffc2
  2. #a6ffef
  3. #a6e3ff

Triadic

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #efa6ff
  3. #ffefa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #a6b6ff
  3. #ffa6b6
  4. #ffefa6

Square

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #c2a6ff
  3. #ffa6b6
  4. #e3ffa6

Monochromatic

  1. #0dffd3
  2. #5affe1
  3. #a6ffef
  4. #ebfffb
  5. #ebfffb

Shades

#a6ffef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #95e6d7
  3. #85ccbf
  4. #74b3a7
  5. #64998f
  6. #538078
  7. #426660
  8. #324d48
  9. #213330
  10. #111a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6ffef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #affff1
  3. #b8fff2
  4. #c1fff4
  5. #cafff5
  6. #d3fff7
  7. #dbfff9
  8. #e4fffa
  9. #edfffc
  10. #f6fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6ffef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6ffef
  2. #a2f2e4
  3. #9ee6d9
  4. #9bd9ce
  5. #97ccc3
  6. #93c0b8
  7. #8fb3ac
  8. #8ba6a1
  9. #889996
  10. #848d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eeeeee ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5f5ef ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7f5ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8eaf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88fffa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dcf9ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1f3f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95fff6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6ffef {
  color: #a6ffef;
}
Background
.bg-a6ffef {
  background-color: #a6ffef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6ffef {
  border: 2px solid #a6ffef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6ffef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 255 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6ffef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6ffef, #a6e3ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6ffef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 255 239 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.11 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 6.68 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.47 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.31 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.45 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.63 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.60 #590010 Inverted #eeeeee Grayscale 

Celeste
#a6ffef  rgb(166, 255, 239)  hsl(169, 100%, 83%)  Celeste
#ffa6b6  rgb(255, 166, 182)  hsl(349, 100%, 83%)  Light Pink
#efa6ff  rgb(239, 166, 255)  hsl(289, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#ffefa6  rgb(255, 239, 166)  hsl(49, 100%, 83%)  Vanilla