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Recognised as Colour

#06D9FF

  • #06D9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#06D9FF is a cyan with RGB values 6, 217, 255 and HSL 189°, 100%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#06D9FF#06D9FF
HEX#06D9FF
RGBrgb(6, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages2.4%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(189.2, 100%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 97.6%, 100%)
CMYK97.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer449,023
CSS custom property--colour: #06D9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.38:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#F92600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.7Aqua · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 18.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF2C06
Analogous#06FFA9, #065CFF
Triadic#FF06D9, #D9FF06
Split complementary#FF065C, #FFA906
Tetradic#A906FF, #FF2C06, #5CFF06

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2F8FF
Lighter +30%#9FF0FF
Lighter +20%#6CE9FF
Lighter +10%#39E1FF
Darker −10%#00B2D2
Darker −20%#00879F
Darker −30%#005C6C
Darker −40%#003039
More saturated +25%#06D9FF
Less saturated −25%#25C3E0

Channel breakdown

R6
G217
B255
Red6 (2.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue189.16°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G D9 · B FF

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