Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#06B4DD

  • #06B4DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06B4DD is a cyan with RGB values 6, 180, 221 and HSL 191°, 95%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06B4DD#06B4DD
HEX#06B4DD
RGBrgb(6, 180, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7059, 0.8667
RGB percentages2.4%, 70.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(191.4, 94.7%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 97.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK97.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer439,517
CSS custom property--colour: #06B4DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#F94B22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#839EDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Cadetblue · ΔE 25.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD2F06
Analogous#06DD9B, #0648DD
Triadic#DD06B4, #B4DD06
Split complementary#DD0649, #DD9B06
Tetradic#9B06DD, #DD2F06, #48DD06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2EFFD
Lighter +30%#80E4FC
Lighter +20%#4FDAFA
Lighter +10%#1DCFF9
Darker −10%#058CAB
Darker −20%#03637A
Darker −30%#023B48
Darker −40%#011216
More saturated +25%#00B8E3
Less saturated −25%#22A2C1

Channel breakdown

R6
G180
B221
Red6 (2.4%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue191.44°
Saturation (HSL)94.71%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G B4 · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “06b4dd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.