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Colour

#06C8BD

  • #06C8BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#06C8BD is a cyan with RGB values 6, 200, 189 and HSL 177°, 94%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#06C8BD#06C8BD
HEX#06C8BD
RGBrgb(6, 200, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7843, 0.7412
RGB percentages2.4%, 78.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(176.6, 94.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 97%, 78.4%)
CMYK97%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer444,605
CSS custom property--colour: #06C8BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#F93742

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBCBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6ACBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.2Turquoise · ΔE 8.7Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C80611
Analogous#06C85C, #0672C8
Triadic#BD06C8, #C8BD06
Split complementary#C80672, #C85C06
Tetradic#5C06C8, #C80611, #72C806

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EFCF7
Lighter +30%#6CFBF3
Lighter +20%#3BF9EE
Lighter +10%#09F8EA
Darker −10%#05968E
Darker −20%#03655F
Darker −30%#023331
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00CEC2
Less saturated −25%#20AEA6

Channel breakdown

R6
G200
B189
Red6 (2.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue176.6°
Saturation (HSL)94.17%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G C8 · B BD

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