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Recognised as Colour

#06AC96

  • #06AC96
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06AC96 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 172, 150 and HSL 172°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06AC96#06AC96
HEX#06AC96
RGBrgb(6, 172, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6745, 0.5882
RGB percentages2.4%, 67.5%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(172, 93.3%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 96.5%, 67.5%)
CMYK96.5%, 0%, 12.8%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer437,398
CSS custom property--colour: #06AC96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.35:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#F95369

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A195no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#929398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6Turquoise · ΔE 18.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC061C
Analogous#06AC43, #066FAC
Triadic#9606AC, #AC9606
Split complementary#AC066F, #AC4306
Tetradic#4306AC, #AC061C, #6FAC06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83FBEB
Lighter +30%#52F9E3
Lighter +20%#21F7DB
Lighter +10%#08DDC1
Darker −10%#047B6B
Darker −20%#034940
Darker −30%#011815
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B29A
Less saturated −25%#1C9686

Channel breakdown

R6
G172
B150
Red6 (2.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue172.05°
Saturation (HSL)93.26%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G AC · B 96

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