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Recognised as Colour

#06D5CA

  • #06D5CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#06D5CA is a cyan with RGB values 6, 213, 202 and HSL 177°, 95%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#06D5CA#06D5CA
HEX#06D5CA
RGBrgb(6, 213, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.8353, 0.7922
RGB percentages2.4%, 83.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(176.8, 94.5%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 97.2%, 83.5%)
CMYK97.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer447,946
CSS custom property--colour: #06D5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#F92A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.5Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7Aqua · ΔE 16Cyan · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D50611
Analogous#06D562, #0679D5
Triadic#CA06D5, #D5CA06
Split complementary#D50679, #D56206
Tetradic#6206D5, #D50611, #79D506

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAFDF8
Lighter +30%#79FBF4
Lighter +20%#47FAF0
Lighter +10%#16F8EC
Darker −10%#05A39B
Darker −20%#03726C
Darker −30%#02403D
Darker −40%#000F0E
More saturated +25%#00DBCF
Less saturated −25%#21BAB2

Channel breakdown

R6
G213
B202
Red6 (2.4%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue176.81°
Saturation (HSL)94.52%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 06 · G D5 · B CA

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