Colour

#006C5B

#006C5B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#006C5B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 108, 91 and HSL 171°, 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

#006C5B#006C5B

HEX#006C5B

RGBrgb(0, 108, 91)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4235, 0.3569

RGB percentages0%, 42.4%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(170.6, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 15.7%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,739

CSS custom property--colour: #006C5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1

Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#FF93A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67645Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5B5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#006E67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.1 Sea green · ΔE 22.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 25.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C0011

Analogous#006C25, #00476C

Triadic#5B006C, #6C5B00

Split complementary#6C0047, #6C2500

Tetradic#25006C, #6C0011, #476C00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#39FFE0

Lighter +30%#06FFD8

Lighter +20%#00D2B1

Lighter +10%#009F86

Darker −10%#003930

Darker −20%#000605

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006C5B

Less saturated −25%#0E5F52

Channel breakdown

G108

B91

Red0 (0%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue170.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6C · B 5B

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Colour values

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