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Recognised as Colour

#06BAA5

  • #06BAA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#06BAA5 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 186, 165 and HSL 173°, 94%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#06BAA5#06BAA5
HEX#06BAA5
RGBrgb(6, 186, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7294, 0.6471
RGB percentages2.4%, 72.9%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(173, 93.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 96.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 11.3%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer440,997
CSS custom property--colour: #06BAA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#F9455A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1AEA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9FA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 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 text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA061B
Analogous#06BA4B, #0675BA
Triadic#A506BA, #BAA506
Split complementary#BA0675, #BA4B06
Tetradic#4B06BA, #BA061B, #75BA06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#91FBEF
Lighter +30%#5FFAE8
Lighter +20%#2EF8E1
Lighter +10%#08EBD1
Darker −10%#048979
Darker −20%#03574D
Darker −30%#012622
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C0AA
Less saturated −25%#1EA293

Channel breakdown

R6
G186
B165
Red6 (2.4%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue173°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G BA · B A5

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