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Recognised as Colour

#06D5EC

  • #06D5EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#06D5EC is a cyan with RGB values 6, 213, 236 and HSL 186°, 95%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#06D5EC#06D5EC
HEX#06D5EC
RGBrgb(6, 213, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.8353, 0.9255
RGB percentages2.4%, 83.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(186, 95%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 97.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK97.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer447,980
CSS custom property--colour: #06D5EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#F92A13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CCEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Aqua · ΔE 20.7Cyan · ΔE 20.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC1D06
Analogous#06EC90, #0662EC
Triadic#EC06D5, #D5EC06
Split complementary#EC0662, #EC9006
Tetradic#9006EC, #EC1D06, #62EC06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1F7FD
Lighter +30%#8FF1FC
Lighter +20%#5DEBFB
Lighter +10%#2BE5FA
Darker −10%#05A8BA
Darker −20%#037B89
Darker −30%#024E57
Darker −40%#012125
More saturated +25%#00DAF2
Less saturated −25%#24BDCE

Channel breakdown

R6
G213
B236
Red6 (2.4%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue186°
Saturation (HSL)95.04%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G D5 · B EC

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