Colour

#06E5DD

#06E5DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#06E5DD is a cyan with RGB values 6, 229, 221 and HSL 178°, 95%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#06E5DD#06E5DD

HEX#06E5DD

RGBrgb(6, 229, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.898, 0.8667

RGB percentages2.4%, 89.8%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(177.8, 94.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 97.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK97.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer452,061

CSS custom property--colour: #06E5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.26:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#F91A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D8DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00ECE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.8 Aqua · ΔE 10.1 Cyan · ΔE 10.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5060E

Analogous#06E56D, #067EE5

Triadic#DD06E5, #E5DD06

Split complementary#E5067E, #E56D06

Tetradic#6D06E5, #E5060E, #7EE506

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BAFDFB

Lighter +30%#88FCF8

Lighter +20%#56FBF5

Lighter +10%#25F9F2

Darker −10%#05B3AD

Darker −20%#03827D

Darker −30%#02504D

Darker −40%#011E1D

More saturated +25%#00EBE3

Less saturated −25%#23C8C2

Channel breakdown

G229

B221

Red6 (2.4%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue177.85°

Saturation (HSL)94.89%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 06 · G E5 · B DD

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