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Colour

#006E8B

  • #006E8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#006E8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 110, 139 and HSL 193°, 100%, 27%. 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

#006E8B#006E8B
HEX#006E8B
RGBrgb(0, 110, 139)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4314, 0.5451
RGB percentages0%, 43.1%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(192.5, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK100%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer28,299
CSS custom property--colour: #006E8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#FF9174

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E6B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E608Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#007778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 20.7Slate grey · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3Dark cyan · ΔE 22.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B1D00
Analogous#008B62, #00298B
Triadic#8B006E, #6E8B00
Split complementary#8B0029, #8B6200
Tetradic#62008B, #8B1D00, #298B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#58DCFF
Lighter +30%#25D2FF
Lighter +20%#00BFF1
Lighter +10%#0096BE
Darker −10%#004658
Darker −20%#001D25
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006E8B
Less saturated −25%#11647A

Channel breakdown

R0
G110
B139
Red0 (0%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue192.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6E · B 8B

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