#A6FFFA
Pale Mint · very light cool teal
About #A6FFFA
#A6FFFA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 65% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Pale Mint and Powder Blue (ΔE 16.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFA6AB — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #A6FFFA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #A6FFFA?
#A6FFFA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 65% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #A6FFFA?
Use black text. Black on #A6FFFA has a contrast ratio of 18.31:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #A6FFFA?
Its complementary colour is #FFA6AB, and analogous partners are #A6FFCD and #A6D8FF.