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Recognised as Colour

#006E6A

  • #006E6A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#006E6A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 110, 106 and HSL 178°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006E6A#006E6A
HEX#006E6A
RGBrgb(0, 110, 106)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4314, 0.4157
RGB percentages0%, 43.1%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(177.8, 100%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 100%, 43.1%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer28,266
CSS custom property--colour: #006E6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#FF9195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67676Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5E6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00716Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.6Dark cyan · ΔE 11.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 21.1Light seagreen · ΔE 26.4Dim grey · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6E0004
Analogous#006E33, #003B6E
Triadic#6A006E, #6E6A00
Split complementary#6E003B, #6E3300
Tetradic#33006E, #6E0004, #3B6E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3BFFF8
Lighter +30%#08FFF6
Lighter +20%#00D4CC
Lighter +10%#00A19B
Darker −10%#003B39
Darker −20%#000808
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006E6A
Less saturated −25%#0E605D

Channel breakdown

R0
G110
B106
Red0 (0%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue177.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6E · B 6A

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