Information about #A6C9C3 color

#A6C9C3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #A6C9C3 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(166, 201, 195) — 65.1% red, 78.8% green, 76.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 0 / 2 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained water-like cyan, #A6C9C3 appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Opal (#A8C3BC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Baroque Chalk Soft Blue (#AECCCB) and Half Kumutoto (#9CC8CA).

In RGB terms — rgb(166, 201, 195) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A6C9C3 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#A6C9C3 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A6C9C3 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#A6C9C3 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#A6C9C3 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#A6C9C3 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#A6C9C3 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #A6C9C3

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Opal color link
Opal

#A8C3BC

Baroque Chalk Soft Blue color link
Baroque Chalk Soft Blue

#AECCCB

Half Kumutoto color link
Half Kumutoto

#9CC8CA

Chi color link
Chi

#9FBFC2

Escape color link
Escape

#9EC0CA

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Cool Silver color link
Cool Silver

#B0BBC0

Sinbad color link
Sinbad

#A6D5D0

Rivendell color link
Rivendell

#A9BDB6

Gum Leaf color link
Gum Leaf

#ACC9B2

Enigma green color link
Enigma green

#AEC5B3

Nebula color link
Nebula

#B8C6BE

#A6C9C3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A6C9C3
  • RGB166, 201, 195
  • CMYK14, 0, 2, 21
  • CSSrgb(166, 201, 195)
  • HSL170°, 24%, 72%
  • HSL Precise169.714°, 24.476%, 71.961%
  • HSV170°, 17%, 79%
  • HSB170°, 17%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.651
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.651, 0.788, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.651, 0.788, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.651, 0.788, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA6C9C3
  • DECIMAL ID10930627
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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