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Recognised as Colour

#06272E

  • #06272E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#06272E is a cyan with RGB values 6, 39, 46 and HSL 191°, 77%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#06272E#06272E
HEX#06272E
RGBrgb(6, 39, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.1529, 0.1804
RGB percentages2.4%, 15.3%, 18%
HSLhsl(190.5, 76.9%, 10.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 87%, 18%)
CMYK87%, 15.2%, 0%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer403,246
CSS custom property--colour: #06272E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.7:1
Contrast with white15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#F9D8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#22252Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C212Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#002A29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.3Dim grey · ΔE 32.9Slate grey · ΔE 39.7Teal · ΔE 39.9Gray · ΔE 41.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E0D06
Analogous#062E21, #06132E
Triadic#2E0627, #272E06
Split complementary#2E0613, #2E2106
Tetradic#21062E, #2E0D06, #132E06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#1EC0E2
Lighter +30%#189AB5
Lighter +20%#127488
Lighter +10%#0C4D5B
Darker −10%#000101
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#002B34
Less saturated −25%#0C2328

Channel breakdown

R6
G39
B46
Red6 (2.4%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue190.5°
Saturation (HSL)76.92%
Lightness10.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 27 · B 2E

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