Colour

#006F98

#006F98
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#006F98 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 111, 152 and HSL 196°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#006F98#006F98

HEX#006F98

RGBrgb(0, 111, 152)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4353, 0.5961

RGB percentages0%, 43.5%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(196.2, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 27%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer28,568

CSS custom property--colour: #006F98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.63:1

Contrast with white5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#FF9067

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A6E9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#486297no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#007A7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.5 Slate grey · ΔE 23 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.9 Teal · ΔE 28 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#982900

Analogous#009875, #002398

Triadic#98006F, #6F9800

Split complementary#980023, #987500

Tetradic#750098, #982900, #239800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#65D5FF

Lighter +30%#32C8FF

Lighter +20%#00B9FE

Lighter +10%#0094CB

Darker −10%#004A65

Darker −20%#002532

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006F98

Less saturated −25%#136685

Channel breakdown

G111

B152

Red0 (0%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue196.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 6F · B 98

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