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Recognised as Colour

#06998F

  • #06998F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#06998F is a cyan with RGB values 6, 153, 143 and HSL 176°, 92%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#06998F#06998F
HEX#06998F
RGBrgb(6, 153, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6, 0.5608
RGB percentages2.4%, 60%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(175.9, 92.5%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 96.1%, 60%)
CMYK96.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer432,527
CSS custom property--colour: #06998F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#F96670

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90908Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8390no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8.3Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Teal · ΔE 11.7Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990610
Analogous#069946, #065999
Triadic#8F0699, #998F06
Split complementary#990659, #994606
Tetradic#460699, #990610, #599906

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72F9F0
Lighter +30%#40F8EB
Lighter +20%#0FF6E6
Lighter +10%#08CABD
Darker −10%#046861
Darker −20%#023733
Darker −30%#000605
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009F94
Less saturated −25%#1A857E

Channel breakdown

R6
G153
B143
Red6 (2.4%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue175.92°
Saturation (HSL)92.45%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G 99 · B 8F

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