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Colour

#06BCFF

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

#06BCFF is a cyan with RGB values 6, 188, 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

#06BCFF#06BCFF
HEX#06BCFF
RGBrgb(6, 188, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7373, 1
RGB percentages2.4%, 73.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.1, 100%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 97.6%, 100%)
CMYK97.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer441,599
CSS custom property--colour: #06BCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#F94300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9ABBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 23.8Steel blue · ΔE 25.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6Light steelblue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.33, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF4906
Analogous#06FFC5, #0640FF
Triadic#FF06BC, #BCFF06
Split complementary#FF0640, #FFC506
Tetradic#C506FF, #FF4906, #40FF06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2F3FF
Lighter +30%#9FE5FF
Lighter +20%#6CD7FF
Lighter +10%#39CAFF
Darker −10%#0099D2
Darker −20%#00749F
Darker −30%#004F6C
Darker −40%#002A39
More saturated +25%#06BCFF
Less saturated −25%#25AEE0

Channel breakdown

R6
G188
B255
Red6 (2.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G BC · B FF

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