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Recognised as Colour

#06ACA0

  • #06ACA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06ACA0 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 172, 160 and HSL 176°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06ACA0#06ACA0
HEX#06ACA0
RGBrgb(6, 172, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6745, 0.6275
RGB percentages2.4%, 67.5%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(175.7, 93.3%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 96.5%, 67.5%)
CMYK96.5%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer437,408
CSS custom property--colour: #06ACA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#F9535F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A2A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F94A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.55, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC0612
Analogous#06AC4D, #0665AC
Triadic#A006AC, #ACA006
Split complementary#AC0665, #AC4D06
Tetradic#4D06AC, #AC0612, #65AC06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83FBF2
Lighter +30%#52F9ED
Lighter +20%#21F7E8
Lighter +10%#08DDCE
Darker −10%#047B72
Darker −20%#034944
Darker −30%#011816
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B2A5
Less saturated −25%#1C968D

Channel breakdown

R6
G172
B160
Red6 (2.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue175.66°
Saturation (HSL)93.26%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G AC · B A0

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