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Recognised as Colour

#06494A

  • #06494A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#06494A is a cyan with RGB values 6, 73, 74 and HSL 181°, 85%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#06494A#06494A
HEX#06494A
RGBrgb(6, 73, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.2863, 0.2902
RGB percentages2.4%, 28.6%, 29%
HSLhsl(180.9, 85%, 15.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 91.9%, 29%)
CMYK91.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer411,978
CSS custom property--colour: #06494A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#F9B6B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#43454Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A3E4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#004C49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8Teal · ΔE 23.3Dim grey · ΔE 25.7Dark cyan · ΔE 27.6Slate grey · ΔE 30.4Gray · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A0706
Analogous#064A29, #06274A
Triadic#4A0649, #494A06
Split complementary#4A0627, #4A2906
Tetradic#29064A, #4A0706, #274A06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#2EEBEE
Lighter +30%#11D5D8
Lighter +20%#0EA6A8
Lighter +10%#0A7879
Darker −10%#021A1B
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#004F50
Less saturated −25%#103F40

Channel breakdown

R6
G73
B74
Red6 (2.4%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue180.88°
Saturation (HSL)85%
Lightness15.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 49 · B 4A

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