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Colour

#06BDE9

  • #06BDE9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06BDE9 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 189, 233 and HSL 192°, 95%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06BDE9#06BDE9
HEX#06BDE9
RGBrgb(6, 189, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7412, 0.9137
RGB percentages2.4%, 74.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(191.6, 95%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 97.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK97.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer441,833
CSS custom property--colour: #06BDE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#F94216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B8EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA6E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 27.3Cadetblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E93206
Analogous#06E9A3, #064CE9
Triadic#E906BD, #BDE906
Split complementary#E9064C, #E9A306
Tetradic#A306E9, #E93206, #4CE906

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEF1FD
Lighter +30%#8CE6FC
Lighter +20%#5ADCFB
Lighter +10%#29D1F9
Darker −10%#0595B7
Darker −20%#036C86
Darker −30%#024454
Darker −40%#011C22
More saturated +25%#00C1EF
Less saturated −25%#24ABCB

Channel breakdown

R6
G189
B233
Red6 (2.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue191.63°
Saturation (HSL)94.98%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G BD · B E9

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