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Recognised as Colour

#06C6FA

  • #06C6FA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#06C6FA is a cyan with RGB values 6, 198, 250 and HSL 193°, 96%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#06C6FA#06C6FA
HEX#06C6FA
RGBrgb(6, 198, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7765, 0.9804
RGB percentages2.4%, 77.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(192.8, 96.1%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 97.6%, 98%)
CMYK97.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer444,154
CSS custom property--colour: #06C6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.47:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#F93905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9C2FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EAEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 29.1Steel blue · ΔE 29.3Light blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA3A06
Analogous#06FAB4, #064CFA
Triadic#FA06C6, #C6FA06
Split complementary#FA064C, #FAB406
Tetradic#B406FA, #FA3A06, #4CFA06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEF4FE
Lighter +30%#9CE8FD
Lighter +20%#6ADDFC
Lighter +10%#38D1FB
Darker −10%#049FC9
Darker −20%#037797
Darker −30%#025065
Darker −40%#012833
More saturated +25%#01C9FF
Less saturated −25%#26B4DA

Channel breakdown

R6
G198
B250
Red6 (2.4%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue192.79°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G C6 · B FA

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