What color is #D6FFFA?

#D6FFFA is a very light, vivid spring green known as Ice. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Ice?

The RGB value is 214, 255, 250: 214 red, 255 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Ice?

The complementary color is #FFD6DB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #D6FFFA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.54:1 and white text 1.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Ice color: hex code #D6FFFA

#D6FFFA rgb(214, 255, 250)

Shades of teal

Ice has the hex code #D6FFFA. It is a very light, vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 83.9% red, 100% green and 98% blue (214, 255, 250).

Its hue angle is 173°, with 100% saturation and 92% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 19.54:1).

Ice (#D6FFFA) color codes

HEX	`#D6FFFA`
RGB	`rgb(214, 255, 250)`
RGB percent	`rgb(83.9%, 100%, 98%)`
HSL	`hsl(173, 100%, 92%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173, 16%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(16%, 0%, 2%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(97.11, -14.01, -1.98)`
CIE LCH	`lch(97.11, 14.15, 188.06)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(80.742, 92.716, 104.066)`
Decimal	`14090234`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Ice, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #D6FFFA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	19.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#D6FFFA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	19.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #D6FFFA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #d6fffa; }
.text { color: #d6fffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d6fffa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(214 255 250 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #d6fffa, #d6efff); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #D6FFFA on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #D6FFFA?: #D6FFFA is a very light, vivid spring green known as Ice. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Ice?: The RGB value is 214, 255, 250: 214 red, 255 green and 250 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Ice?: The complementary color is #FFD6DB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #D6FFFA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.54:1 and white text 1.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.