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Recognised as Colour

#06BBFF

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

#06BBFF is a cyan with RGB values 6, 187, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06BBFF#06BBFF
HEX#06BBFF
RGBrgb(6, 187, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7333, 1
RGB percentages2.4%, 73.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.4, 100%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 97.6%, 100%)
CMYK97.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer441,343
CSS custom property--colour: #06BBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#F94400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99BAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 27Light steelblue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.08, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF4A06
Analogous#06FFC6, #063FFF
Triadic#FF06BB, #BBFF06
Split complementary#FF063F, #FFC706
Tetradic#C606FF, #FF4A06, #3EFF06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2F3FF
Lighter +30%#9FE5FF
Lighter +20%#6CD7FF
Lighter +10%#39C9FF
Darker −10%#0099D2
Darker −20%#00749F
Darker −30%#004F6C
Darker −40%#002939
More saturated +25%#06BBFF
Less saturated −25%#25ADE0

Channel breakdown

R6
G187
B255
Red6 (2.4%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G BB · B FF

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