Colour

#06232A

#06232A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Black

#06232A is a cyan with RGB values 6, 35, 42 and HSL 192°, 75%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#06232A#06232A

HEX#06232A

RGBrgb(6, 35, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.1373, 0.1647

RGB percentages2.4%, 13.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(191.7, 75%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 85.7%, 16.5%)

CMYK85.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer402,218

CSS custom property--colour: #06232A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness30.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.39:1

Contrast with white16.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#F9DCD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E222Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#191E2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#002525no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1 Dim grey · ΔE 34.2 Slate grey · ΔE 41.3 Teal · ΔE 41.9 Gray · ΔE 43

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A0D06

Analogous#062A1F, #06112A

Triadic#2A0623, #232A06

Split complementary#2A0611, #2A1F06

Tetradic#1F062A, #2A0D06, #112A06

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#20B8DD

Lighter +30%#1993B0

Lighter +20%#136D83

Lighter +10%#0C4857

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#002730

Less saturated −25%#0C1F24

Channel breakdown

G35

B42

Red6 (2.4%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue191.67°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness9.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G 23 · B 2A

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