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Colour

#006B6D

  • #006B6D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#006B6D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 107, 109 and HSL 181°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006B6D#006B6D
HEX#006B6D
RGBrgb(0, 107, 109)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.4275
RGB percentages0%, 42%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(181.1, 100%, 21.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 100%, 42.7%)
CMYK100%, 1.8%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,501
CSS custom property--colour: #006B6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#FF9492

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62656Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#555C6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#006F6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 8.7Dark cyan · ΔE 13Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.7Cadetblue · ΔE 21.2Slate grey · ΔE 25.7Dim grey · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D0200
Analogous#006D39, #00346D
Triadic#6D006B, #6B6D00
Split complementary#6D0034, #6D3900
Tetradic#39006D, #6D0200, #346D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3AFBFF
Lighter +30%#07FAFF
Lighter +20%#00CFD3
Lighter +10%#009DA0
Darker −10%#00393A
Darker −20%#000707
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006B6D
Less saturated −25%#0E5E5F

Channel breakdown

R0
G107
B109
Red0 (0%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue181.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B 6D

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