#a6e5ea

Color #a6e5ea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 4.02 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a6e5ea

RGB

rgb(166, 229, 234)

HSL

hsl(184.4, 61.8%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.4, 29.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(87.04, -18.59, -8.83)

LCH

lch(87.04, 20.58, 205.41)

OKLCH

oklch(88.1%, 0.0637, 202.22)

HWB

hwb(184.4, 65.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaaba6

Analogous

#a6eacd

#a6e5ea

#a6c3ea

Triadic

#a6e5ea

#eaa6e5

#e5eaa6

Split-complementary

#a6e5ea

#eaa6c3

#eacda6

Tetradic

#a6e5ea

#aba6ea

#eaaba6

#e5eaa6

Square

#a6e5ea

#cda6ea

#eaaba6

#c3eaa6

Shades

Color #a6e5ea mixed toward black.

#70d5dd

#3ac5d1

#2699a2

#19666c

#0d3336

Tints

Color #a6e5ea mixed toward white.

#b5e9ed

#c4eef1

#d2f2f4

#e1f6f8

#f0fbfb

Tones

Color #a6e5ea mixed toward gray.

#ace0e4

#b1dbdf

#b7d6d9

#bdd2d3

#c2cdce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c5c5e9 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#c1bce9 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#aae8e8 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6e5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6e5ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#a6e5ea (#a6e5ea) is rgb(166, 229, 234) in RGB.

No, #a6e5ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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