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Recognised as Colour

#06AF96

  • #06AF96
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06AF96 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 175, 150 and HSL 171°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06AF96#06AF96
HEX#06AF96
RGBrgb(6, 175, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6863, 0.5882
RGB percentages2.4%, 68.6%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(171.1, 93.4%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 96.6%, 68.6%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 14.3%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer438,166
CSS custom property--colour: #06AF96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#F95069

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A395no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#959698no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6Dark cyan · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF061F
Analogous#06AF42, #0673AF
Triadic#9606AF, #AF9606
Split complementary#AF0674, #AF4206
Tetradic#4206AF, #AF061F, #73AF06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#86FBEA
Lighter +30%#55F9E1
Lighter +20%#24F7D8
Lighter +10%#08E0C0
Darker −10%#047E6C
Darker −20%#034C41
Darker −30%#011B17
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B59A
Less saturated −25%#1D9886

Channel breakdown

R6
G175
B150
Red6 (2.4%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue171.12°
Saturation (HSL)93.37%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G AF · B 96

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