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#A6FFFF

#a6ffff ≈ Celeste

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a6ffff is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 100% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 100% saturation and 82.55% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 18.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 1.61.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8685

Complementary

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #ffa6a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #ffa6d3
  3. #ffd3a6

Analogous

  1. #a6ffd3
  2. #a6ffff
  3. #a6d3ff

Triadic

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #ffa6ff
  3. #ffffa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #a6a6ff
  3. #ffa6a6
  4. #ffffa6

Square

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #d3a6ff
  3. #ffa6a6
  4. #d3ffa6

Monochromatic

  1. #0dffff
  2. #5affff
  3. #a6ffff
  4. #ebffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#a6ffff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #95e6e6
  3. #85cccc
  4. #74b3b3
  5. #649999
  6. #538080
  7. #426666
  8. #324d4d
  9. #213333
  10. #111a1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6ffff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #afffff
  3. #b8ffff
  4. #c1ffff
  5. #caffff
  6. #d3ffff
  7. #dbffff
  8. #e4ffff
  9. #edffff
  10. #f6ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6ffff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6ffff
  2. #a2f2f2
  3. #9ee6e6
  4. #9bd9d9
  5. #97cccc
  6. #93c0c0
  7. #8fb3b3
  8. #8ba6a6
  9. #889999
  10. #848d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f0f0f0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6f6f6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4f7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4eaff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82ffff ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9faff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cef3ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92ffff ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6ffff {
  color: #a6ffff;
}
Background
.bg-a6ffff {
  background-color: #a6ffff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6ffff {
  border: 2px solid #a6ffff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6ffff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 255 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6ffff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6ffff, #a6d3ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6ffff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 255 255 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 1.61 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.18 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.63 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 8.43 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 8.43 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.13 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 10.32 #590000 Inverted #f0f0f0 Grayscale 

Celeste
#a6ffff  rgb(166, 255, 255)  hsl(180, 100%, 83%)  Celeste
#ffa6a6  rgb(255, 166, 166)  hsl(0, 100%, 83%)  Light Pink
#ffa6ff  rgb(255, 166, 255)  hsl(300, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#ffffa6  rgb(255, 255, 166)  hsl(60, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow