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Recognised as Colour

#06A8DB

  • #06A8DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06A8DB is a cyan with RGB values 6, 168, 219 and HSL 194°, 95%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06A8DB#06A8DB
HEX#06A8DB
RGBrgb(6, 168, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6588, 0.8588
RGB percentages2.4%, 65.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(194.4, 94.7%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 97.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK97.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer436,443
CSS custom property--colour: #06A8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#F95724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7494DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Cadetblue · ΔE 28.6Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB3906
Analogous#06DBA4, #063DDB
Triadic#DB06A8, #A8DB06
Split complementary#DB063D, #DBA406
Tetradic#A406DB, #DB3906, #3DDB06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0EAFD
Lighter +30%#7FDEFB
Lighter +20%#4DD1FA
Lighter +10%#1BC4F9
Darker −10%#0582A9
Darker −20%#035C78
Darker −30%#023646
Darker −40%#011014
More saturated +25%#00ABE1
Less saturated −25%#2299BF

Channel breakdown

R6
G168
B219
Red6 (2.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue194.37°
Saturation (HSL)94.67%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G A8 · B DB

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