Colour

#006A8B

#006A8B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#006A8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 106, 139 and HSL 194°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#006A8B#006A8B

HEX#006A8B

RGBrgb(0, 106, 139)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4157, 0.5451

RGB percentages0%, 41.6%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(194.2, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 23.7%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,275

CSS custom property--colour: #006A8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1

Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#FF9574

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59688Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#485D8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#007375no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.8 Slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1 Teal · ΔE 24 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24 Dark cyan · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8B2100

Analogous#008B67, #00248B

Triadic#8B006A, #6A8B00

Split complementary#8B0024, #8B6700

Tetradic#67008B, #8B2100, #248B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#58D7FF

Lighter +30%#25CBFF

Lighter +20%#00B8F1

Lighter +10%#0091BE

Darker −10%#004358

Darker −20%#001C25

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006A8B

Less saturated −25%#11617A

Channel breakdown

G106

B139

Red0 (0%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue194.24°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6A · B 8B

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Colour values

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