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Recognised as Colour

#06AEB9

  • #06AEB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06AEB9 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 174, 185 and HSL 184°, 94%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06AEB9#06AEB9
HEX#06AEB9
RGBrgb(6, 174, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6824, 0.7255
RGB percentages2.4%, 68.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(183.7, 93.7%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.7, 96.8%, 72.5%)
CMYK96.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer437,945
CSS custom property--colour: #06AEB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#F95146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A97BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9Teal · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B91106
Analogous#06B96B, #0654B9
Triadic#B906AE, #AEB906
Split complementary#B90654, #B96B06
Tetradic#6B06B9, #B91106, #54B906

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#90F5FB
Lighter +30%#5EF0FA
Lighter +20%#2DECF8
Lighter +10%#08DCEA
Darker −10%#048088
Darker −20%#035156
Darker −30%#012325
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B3BF
Less saturated −25%#1E99A1

Channel breakdown

R6
G174
B185
Red6 (2.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue183.69°
Saturation (HSL)93.72%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G AE · B B9

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