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Recognised as Colour

#06B2A2

  • #06B2A2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06B2A2 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 178, 162 and HSL 174°, 93%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06B2A2#06B2A2
HEX#06B2A2
RGBrgb(6, 178, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.698, 0.6353
RGB percentages2.4%, 69.8%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(174.4, 93.5%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 96.6%, 69.8%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer438,946
CSS custom property--colour: #06B2A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#F94D5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A7A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9599A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B20616
Analogous#06B24C, #066CB2
Triadic#A206B2, #B2A206
Split complementary#B2066C, #B24C06
Tetradic#4C06B2, #B20616, #6CB206

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89FBF0
Lighter +30%#58F9EA
Lighter +20%#26F8E4
Lighter +10%#08E3CF
Darker −10%#048175
Darker −20%#034F48
Darker −30%#011E1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B8A7
Less saturated −25%#1D9B8F

Channel breakdown

R6
G178
B162
Red6 (2.4%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue174.42°
Saturation (HSL)93.48%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G B2 · B A2

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