Colour

#06ACE6

#06ACE6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06ACE6 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 172, 230 and HSL 196°, 95%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06ACE6#06ACE6

HEX#06ACE6

RGBrgb(6, 172, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6745, 0.902

RGB percentages2.4%, 67.5%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(195.5, 94.9%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 97.4%, 90.2%)

CMYK97.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer437,478

CSS custom property--colour: #06ACE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#F95319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8EAAE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7498E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00BCC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3 Steel blue · ΔE 19.5 Sky blue · ΔE 22.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E64006

Analogous#06E6B0, #063CE6

Triadic#E606AC, #ACE606

Split complementary#E6063C, #E6B006

Tetradic#B006E6, #E64006, #3CE606

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BBECFD

Lighter +30%#89DEFC

Lighter +20%#57D0FB

Lighter +10%#26C3F9

Darker −10%#0587B4

Darker −20%#036283

Darker −30%#023C51

Darker −40%#01171F

More saturated +25%#00AFEC

Less saturated −25%#249EC8

Channel breakdown

G172

B230

Red6 (2.4%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue195.54°

Saturation (HSL)94.92%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G AC · B E6

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