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#c6f2ec

a pale, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Pale Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Whisper Reef

RGB
198, 242, 236
HSL
172°, 63%, 86%
CMYK
18, 0, 3, 5
Luminance
0.8157

#c6f2ec is a pale vivid cyan, 172° on the wheel and 84/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.31:1). As text it scores 1.21:1 on white — use #1E8274 instead. Nearest name is Pale Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(172 63% 86%)rgb(198 242 236)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c6f2ec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c6f2ec
Hue
172°
cyan
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8157
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
84/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
17.31:1
Closest name
Pale Turquoise
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
15.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.929
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 21.1
Web-safe
#CCFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue172° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c6f2ec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool84% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green78%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c6f2ec
HEX (8-digit)#c6f2ecff
RGBrgb(198, 242, 236)
RGBArgba(198, 242, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(172, 63%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 18%, 95%)
HWBhwb(172 78% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 0%, 3%, 5%)
LABlab(92.4 -15.3 -1.8)
LCHlch(92.4 15.3 186.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.929 0.046 186.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.18, 81.56, 91.39)
Decimal13038316
Display P3color(display-p3 0.776 0.949 0.925)
Web-safe#CCFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c6f2ec;
background-color: #c6f2ec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c6f2ec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c6f2ec] bg-[#c6f2ec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c6f2ec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.776, green: 0.949, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.776, green: 0.949, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C6F2EC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC6F2EC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC6F2EC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 242, 198)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(198, 242, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(198, 242, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 198, 242, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7765f, 0.9490f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{198,242,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c6f2ec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c6f2ec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#18685D, #D3EEEA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c6f2ec h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FBFA;
  --brand-100: #E8F7F5;
  --brand-200: #c6f2ec;
  --brand-300: #A4EAE1;
  --brand-400: #76E0D1;
  --brand-500: #48D5C2;
  --brand-600: #2DC7B2;
  --brand-700: #26A695;
  --brand-800: #1E8577;
  --brand-900: #1A6157;
  --brand-950: #103C36;
  --brand: #c6f2ec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE7;
  --brand-hover: #A9EBE2;
  --brand-pressed: #8CE5D9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142422;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEEA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBFA',
        100: '#E8F7F5',
        200: '#c6f2ec',
        300: '#A4EAE1',
        400: '#76E0D1',
        500: '#48D5C2',
        600: '#2DC7B2',
        700: '#26A695',
        800: '#1E8577',
        900: '#1A6157',
        950: '#103C36',
        DEFAULT: '#c6f2ec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBFA,
  '100': #E8F7F5,
  '200': #c6f2ec,
  '300': #A4EAE1,
  '400': #76E0D1,
  '500': #48D5C2,
  '600': #2DC7B2,
  '700': #26A695,
  '800': #1E8577,
  '900': #1A6157,
  '950': #103C36,
);
$brand-base: #c6f2ec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBFA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c6f2ec", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4EAE1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#76E0D1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#48D5C2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2DC7B2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#26A695", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1E8577", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1A6157", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#103C36", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

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 #c6f2ec · 17.31:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.21:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.31:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c6f2ec as text scores 1.21:1 on white and 17.31:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #18685D at 5.45:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#1E8274 · 4.67:1
AA on white−55% L
#1E8274
The quick fox
#166157 · 7.29:1
AAA on white−63% L
#166157
The quick fox
#c6f2ec · 17.31:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c6f2ec
The quick fox
#c6f2ec · 17.31:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c6f2ec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #25A392 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c6f2ec on white: 1.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c6f2ec on black: 17.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c6f2ec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c6f2ec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.21:1AaAa
Slate 501.16:1AaAa
Slate 1001.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.22:1AaAa
Slate 4002.11:1AaAa
Slate 5003.92:1AaAa
Slate 6006.25:1AaAa
Slate 7008.54:1AaAa
Slate 80012.06:1AaAa
Slate 90014.72:1AaAa
Black17.31:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EDEDEC
deuteranopia · #E5E6ED
tritanopia · #BAF4F0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c6f2ec is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBFA
#E8F7F5
#c6f2ec
#A4EAE1
#76E0D1
#48D5C2
#2DC7B2
#26A695
#1E8577
#1A6157
#103C36
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4FBFADarkest = 950 · #103C36Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.011 186.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 186.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.028 186.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.036 186.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.042 186.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.046 186.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.046 186.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.043 186.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.039 186.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.032 186.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.025 186.3);
}

Colors that work with #c6f2ec

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#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDE7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B90
Captions on the surface
Accent#A92357
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#18685D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142422
Dark-mode background
Hover#A9EBE2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8CE5D9
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D4F8F3
Offset from the fill so it reads
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

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c6f2ec

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
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #18685D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #25A392

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

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#F2C6CC
Analogous left#C6F2D6
Analogous right#C6E2F2
Split-complement 1#F2C6E2
Split-complement 2#F2D6C6
Triadic 1#ECC6F2
Triadic 2#F2ECC6
Tetradic#D6C6F2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°172°

#c6f2ec sits at 172°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red77.6%
Green94.9%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
198
0xc6
G · 0–255
242
0xf2
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow2.5%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c6f2ec text on a black background

contrast 17.31:1

Card sample

#c6f2ec text on a white background

contrast 1.21:1

Card sample

#c6f2ec on grey

1.11:1

#c6f2ec on its own surface

1.15:1

#c6f2ec on its dark surface

13.26:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c6f2ec;
Background color
Panel with #c6f2ec background
background-color: #c6f2ec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c6f2ec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(198, 242, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(198, 242, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c6f2ec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6f2ec, #C6DBF2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c6f2ec, #C6D0F2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c6f2ec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c6f2ec;
caret-color: #c6f2ec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c6f2ec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c6f2ec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c6f2ec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c6f2ec over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(198, 242, 236, 0.5)
rgb(198 242 236 / 50%)
#c6f2ec80
hsl(172 63% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c6f2ec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c6f2ec1a#F9FEFD
20%#c6f2ec33#F4FCFB
40%#c6f2ec66#E8FAF7
60%#c6f2ec99#DDF7F4
80%#c6f2eccc#D1F5F0

Gradients from #c6f2ec

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEFBF9, #c6f2ec 45%, #18685D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c6f2ec, #ADC6EC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c6f2ec, #F2C6CC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FCFB 0%, #c6f2ec 45%, #18685D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F0FBF3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DFEDF8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #18685D 0%, transparent 65%), #c6f2ec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c6f2ec

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

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.

#c6f2ec 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

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.31:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c6f2ec, answered

What color is #c6f2ec?

#c6f2ec is a pale vivid cyan, closest to Pale Turquoise (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 172° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c6f2ec?

rgb(198, 242, 236) — 198 red, 242 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 77.6% / 94.9% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #c6f2ec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(172, 63%, 86%) and hsv(172, 18%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c6f2ec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8157 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.31:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c6f2ec?

Black. It scores 17.31:1 against #c6f2ec, versus 1.21:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c6f2ec accessible on a white background?

#c6f2ec on white scores 1.21:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #1E8274 to reach 4.5:1, or #166157 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c6f2ec?

#F2C6CC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F2C6E2 and #F2D6C6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c6f2ec?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDE7 for borders, #4B9B90 for secondary text, #A92357 as an accent and #18685D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C6F2D6 and #C6E2F2 stays calm, while #F2C6CC is the loudest partner.

What is #c6f2ec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(18%, 0%, 3%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c6f2ec warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 84 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C6F2DC; nudged cooler, #C5E8F3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c6f2ec?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 21.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c6f2ec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c6f2ec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c6f2ec] or text-[#c6f2ec], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c6f2ec with 50% opacity?

rgba(198, 242, 236, 0.5), or #c6f2ec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E3F9F6; over black, #637976.

Is #c6f2ec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFFF, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c6f2ec mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c6f2ec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEFBF9, #c6f2ec 45%, #18685D). For more colour, a short hue run to #ADC6EC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c6f2ec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c6f2ec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.