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Recognised as Colour

#06505E

  • #06505E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#06505E is a cyan with RGB values 6, 80, 94 and HSL 190°, 88%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#06505E#06505E
HEX#06505E
RGBrgb(6, 80, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.3137, 0.3686
RGB percentages2.4%, 31.4%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(189.5, 88%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 93.6%, 36.9%)
CMYK93.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer413,790
CSS custom property--colour: #06505E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#F9AFA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#464D5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B455Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005554no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.8Teal · ΔE 22.9Dim grey · ΔE 24.6Slate grey · ΔE 25.7Dark cyan · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E1406
Analogous#065E40, #06245E
Triadic#5E0650, #505E06
Split complementary#5E0624, #5E4006
Tetradic#40065E, #5E1406, #245E06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3DD6F3
Lighter +30%#0FCAEE
Lighter +20%#0CA2BE
Lighter +10%#09798E
Darker −10%#03272E
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005464
Less saturated −25%#134752

Channel breakdown

R6
G80
B94
Red6 (2.4%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue189.55°
Saturation (HSL)88%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G 50 · B 5E

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