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#6fffd4

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

RGB
111, 255, 212
HSL
162°, 100%, 72%
CMYK
57, 0, 17, 0
Luminance
0.7965

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #6fffd4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#6fffd4
Hue
162°
cyan
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7965
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.93:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 1.3
Where it sits
Hue162° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness72%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#6fffd4
RGBrgb(111, 255, 212)
HSLhsl(162, 100%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(57%, 0%, 17%, 0%)
LABlab(91.5 -48.9 8.9)
LCHlch(91.5 49.7 169.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.909 0.139 170.6)
Decimal7339988
Display P3color(display-p3 0.435 1.000 0.831)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #6fffd4;
background-color: #6fffd4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#6fffd4] bg-[#6fffd4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #6fffd4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.435, green: 1.000, blue: 0.831)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#6fffd4")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF6FFFD4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(212, 255, 111)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #6fffd4 · 16.93:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.93:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #6fffd4 as text scores 1.24:1 on white and 16.93:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#6fffd4 on white: 1.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#6fffd4 on black: 16.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #F8F0D2
deuteranopia · #E3E0D7
tritanopia · #10FFF3

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #6fffd4 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FEFA
#E3FCF5
#C0FCEA
#8FFFDE
#6fffd4
#1FFFBC
#00F5AC
#00CC8F
#00A373
#057654
#034934
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F1FEFADarkest = 950 · #034934
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FEFA;
  --brand-100: #E3FCF5;
  --brand-200: #C0FCEA;
  --brand-300: #8FFFDE;
  --brand-400: #6fffd4;
  --brand-500: #1FFFBC;
  --brand-600: #00F5AC;
  --brand-700: #00CC8F;
  --brand-800: #00A373;
  --brand-900: #057654;
  --brand-950: #034934;
  --brand: #6fffd4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
}

Colors that work with #6fffd4

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B83
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC0070
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#008059
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E5FFF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #6fffd4

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FF6F9A
Analogous left#6FFF8C
Analogous right#6FE2FF
Split-complement 1#FF6FE2
Split-complement 2#FF8C6F
Triadic 1#D46FFF
Triadic 2#FFD46F
Tetradic#8C6FFF

RGB percentages

Red43.5%
Green100.0%
Blue83.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan56.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.9%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#6fffd4 text on a black background

contrast 16.93:1

Card sample

#6fffd4 text on a white background

contrast 1.24:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #6fffd4;
Background color
Panel with #6fffd4 background
background-color: #6fffd4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #6fffd4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(111, 255, 212, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(111, 255, 212, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #6fffd4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fffd4, #6FCAFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #6fffd4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#6fffd4 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#6fffd4, answered

What color is #6fffd4?

#6fffd4 is a light electric cyan, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 1.3). It sits at 162° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #6fffd4?

rgb(111, 255, 212) — 111 red, 255 green and 212 blue out of 255, or 43.5% / 100% / 83.1% by channel.

Is #6fffd4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7965 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 16.93:1.

Should I use black or white text on #6fffd4?

Black. It scores 16.93:1 against #6fffd4, versus 1.24:1 for white — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #6fffd4?

#FF6F9A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FF6FE2 and #FF8C6F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #6fffd4?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDDF for borders, #4B9B83 for secondary text, #CC0070 as an accent and #008059 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6FFF8C and #6FE2FF stays calm, while #FF6F9A is the loudest partner.

What is #6fffd4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(57%, 0%, 17%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #6fffd4 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6FFF9F; nudged cooler, #6FF5FF.

Work with #6fffd4 in the Color Lab