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Colour

#006F72

  • #006F72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#006F72 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 111, 114 and HSL 182°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006F72#006F72
HEX#006F72
RGBrgb(0, 111, 114)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4353, 0.4471
RGB percentages0%, 43.5%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(181.6, 100%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 100%, 44.7%)
CMYK100%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer28,530
CSS custom property--colour: #006F72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#FF908D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#666972no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#585F73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#007370no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.3Dark cyan · ΔE 11.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9Slate grey · ΔE 25.3Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#720300
Analogous#00723C, #003672
Triadic#72006F, #6F7200
Split complementary#720036, #723C00
Tetradic#3C0072, #720300, #367200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3FFAFF
Lighter +30%#0CF9FF
Lighter +20%#00D2D8
Lighter +10%#00A1A5
Darker −10%#003D3F
Darker −20%#000C0C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006F72
Less saturated −25%#0E6264

Channel breakdown

R0
G111
B114
Red0 (0%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue181.58°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 6F · B 72

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