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Colour

#006A6B

  • #006A6B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#006A6B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 106, 107 and HSL 181°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006A6B#006A6B
HEX#006A6B
RGBrgb(0, 106, 107)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4157, 0.4196
RGB percentages0%, 41.6%, 42%
HSLhsl(180.6, 100%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 100%, 42%)
CMYK100%, 0.9%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,243
CSS custom property--colour: #006A6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#FF9594

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62646Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#555B6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#006E6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 21.6Slate grey · ΔE 26.1Dim grey · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B0100
Analogous#006B37, #00346B
Triadic#6B006A, #6A6B00
Split complementary#6B0034, #6B3700
Tetradic#37006B, #6B0100, #346B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#38FDFF
Lighter +30%#05FDFF
Lighter +20%#00CFD1
Lighter +10%#009D9E
Darker −10%#003738
Darker −20%#000505
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006A6B
Less saturated −25%#0D5D5E

Channel breakdown

R0
G106
B107
Red0 (0%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue180.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6A · B 6B

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