Recognised as Colour

#06BEE8

#06BEE8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06BEE8 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 190, 232 and HSL 191°, 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

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HEX#06BEE8

RGBrgb(6, 190, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7451, 0.9098

RGB percentages2.4%, 74.5%, 91%

HSLhsl(191.2, 95%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 97.4%, 91%)

CMYK97.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer442,088

CSS custom property--colour: #06BEE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#F94117

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5B9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8BA7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 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 text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.9 Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E83006

Analogous#06E8A1, #064DE8

Triadic#E806BE, #BEE806

Split complementary#E8064D, #E8A106

Tetradic#A106E8, #E83006, #4DE806

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BDF1FD

Lighter +30%#8BE7FC

Lighter +20%#59DDFB

Lighter +10%#28D2F9

Darker −10%#0595B6

Darker −20%#036D85

Darker −30%#024453

Darker −40%#011B21

More saturated +25%#00C2EE

Less saturated −25%#24ABCA

Channel breakdown

G190

B232

Red6 (2.4%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue191.15°

Saturation (HSL)94.96%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 06 · G BE · B E8

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