Colour

#06ADFF

#06ADFF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06ADFF is a cyan with RGB values 6, 173, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06ADFF#06ADFF

HEX#06ADFF

RGBrgb(6, 173, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6784, 1

RGB percentages2.4%, 67.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(199.8, 100%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 97.6%, 100%)

CMYK97.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer437,759

CSS custom property--colour: #06ADFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#F95200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#669BFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#00C2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.2 Steel blue · ΔE 24 Light skyblue · ΔE 25.5 Sky blue · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5806

Analogous#06FFD5, #0630FF

Triadic#FF06AD, #ADFF06

Split complementary#FF0631, #FFD506

Tetradic#D406FF, #FF5806, #30FF06

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2F0FF

Lighter +30%#9FDFFF

Lighter +20%#6CCFFF

Lighter +10%#39BEFF

Darker −10%#008DD2

Darker −20%#006B9F

Darker −30%#00486C

Darker −40%#002639

More saturated +25%#06ADFF

Less saturated −25%#25A2E0

Channel breakdown

G173

B255

Red6 (2.4%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue199.76°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G AD · B FF

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