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Recognised as Colour

#006C8C

  • #006C8C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#006C8C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 108, 140 and HSL 194°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#006C8C#006C8C
HEX#006C8C
RGBrgb(0, 108, 140)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4235, 0.549
RGB percentages0%, 42.4%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(193.7, 100%, 27.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.7, 100%, 54.9%)
CMYK100%, 22.9%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer27,788
CSS custom property--colour: #006C8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#FF9373

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B6A8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A5F8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#007577no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16Slate grey · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Teal · ΔE 22.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.9Dark cyan · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C2000
Analogous#008C66, #00268C
Triadic#8C006C, #6C8C00
Split complementary#8C0026, #8C6600
Tetradic#66008C, #8C2000, #268C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#59D9FF
Lighter +30%#26CDFF
Lighter +20%#00BBF2
Lighter +10%#0093BF
Darker −10%#004559
Darker −20%#001D26
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006C8C
Less saturated −25%#12627B

Channel breakdown

R0
G108
B140
Red0 (0%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue193.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6C · B 8C

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