Recognised as Colour

#06211E

#06211E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#06211E is a cyan with RGB values 6, 33, 30 and HSL 173°, 69%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#06211E

RGBrgb(6, 33, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.1294, 0.1176

RGB percentages2.4%, 12.9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(173.3, 69.2%, 7.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 81.8%, 12.9%)

CMYK81.8%, 0%, 9.1%, 87.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer401,694

CSS custom property--colour: #06211E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness27.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.88:1

Contrast with white16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#F9DEE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1F1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#1B1C1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#002220no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7 Dim grey · ΔE 35.5 Teal · ΔE 42.2 Slate grey · ΔE 44.1 Gray · ΔE 44.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#210609

Analogous#062111, #061621

Triadic#1E0621, #211E06

Split complementary#210616, #211106

Tetradic#110621, #210609, #162106

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#25CEBB

Lighter +30%#1EA294

Lighter +20%#16776C

Lighter +10%#0E4C45

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#012622

Less saturated −25%#0B1C1A

Channel breakdown

G33

B30

Red6 (2.4%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue173.33°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness7.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 06 · G 21 · B 1E

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