Recognised as Colour

#06D5B9

#06D5B9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#06D5B9 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 213, 185 and HSL 172°, 95%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#06D5B9#06D5B9

HEX#06D5B9

RGBrgb(6, 213, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.8353, 0.7255

RGB percentages2.4%, 83.5%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(171.9, 94.5%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 97.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK97.2%, 0%, 13.1%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer447,929

CSS custom property--colour: #06D5B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#F92A46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCC7B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5B7BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#00D9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 17.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D50622

Analogous#06D552, #0689D5

Triadic#B906D5, #D5B906

Split complementary#D50689, #D55206

Tetradic#5206D5, #D50622, #8AD506

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AAFDF1

Lighter +30%#79FBEA

Lighter +20%#47FAE2

Lighter +10%#16F8DA

Darker −10%#05A38E

Darker −20%#037263

Darker −30%#024038

Darker −40%#000F0D

More saturated +25%#00DBBD

Less saturated −25%#21BAA5

Channel breakdown

G213

B185

Red6 (2.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue171.88°

Saturation (HSL)94.52%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 06 · G D5 · B B9

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