Colour

#006C5E

#006C5E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#006C5E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 108, 94 and HSL 172°, 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

#006C5E#006C5E

HEX#006C5E

RGBrgb(0, 108, 94)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4235, 0.3686

RGB percentages0%, 42.4%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(172.2, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer27,742

CSS custom property--colour: #006C5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1

Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#FF93A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67655Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5C5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006E68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 15 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.4 Sea green · ΔE 24.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C000E

Analogous#006C28, #00446C

Triadic#5E006C, #6C5E00

Split complementary#6C0044, #6C2800

Tetradic#28006C, #6C000E, #446C00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#39FFE5

Lighter +30%#06FFDF

Lighter +20%#00D2B7

Lighter +10%#009F8A

Darker −10%#003932

Darker −20%#000605

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006C5E

Less saturated −25%#0E5F54

Channel breakdown

G108

B94

Red0 (0%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue172.22°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6C · B 5E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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