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Recognised as Colour

#006B9D

  • #006B9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#006B9D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 107, 157 and HSL 199°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#006B9D#006B9D
HEX#006B9D
RGBrgb(0, 107, 157)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4196, 0.6157
RGB percentages0%, 42%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(199.1, 100%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 100%, 61.6%)
CMYK100%, 31.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,549
CSS custom property--colour: #006B9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#FF9462

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#536C9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F5F9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00787Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 10.4Slate grey · ΔE 26.2Light slate grey · ΔE 27Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 32.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D3200
Analogous#009D81, #001C9D
Triadic#9D006B, #6B9D00
Split complementary#9D001C, #9D8100
Tetradic#81009D, #9D3200, #1D9D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AD0FF
Lighter +30%#37BFFF
Lighter +20%#04AFFF
Lighter +10%#008ED0
Darker −10%#00486A
Darker −20%#002537
Darker −30%#000304
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006B9D
Less saturated −25%#146489

Channel breakdown

R0
G107
B157
Red0 (0%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue199.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6B · B 9D

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