Exploring the Color #6BFAD9

#6BFAD9 sits at 166° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 93% saturation and 70% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 107, 250, 217 produces a 16.30:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6BFAD9 is a clear variant of CSS turquoise — about 51 units away from #40E0D0. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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