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Recognised as Colour

#06B09A

  • #06B09A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06B09A is a cyan with RGB values 6, 176, 154 and HSL 172°, 93%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06B09A#06B09A
HEX#06B09A
RGBrgb(6, 176, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.6902, 0.6039
RGB percentages2.4%, 69%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(172.2, 93.4%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 96.6%, 69%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer438,426
CSS custom property--colour: #06B09A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#F94F65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A499no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#95979Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0061C
Analogous#06B045, #0671B0
Triadic#9A06B0, #B09A06
Split complementary#B00671, #B04506
Tetradic#4506B0, #B0061C, #71B006

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#87FBEC
Lighter +30%#56F9E4
Lighter +20%#24F8DC
Lighter +10%#08E1C5
Darker −10%#047F6F
Darker −20%#034D44
Darker −30%#011C19
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B69E
Less saturated −25%#1D9989

Channel breakdown

R6
G176
B154
Red6 (2.4%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue172.24°
Saturation (HSL)93.41%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G B0 · B 9A

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