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Recognised as Colour

#06E9F9

  • #06E9F9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#06E9F9 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 233, 249 and HSL 184°, 95%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#06E9F9#06E9F9
HEX#06E9F9
RGBrgb(6, 233, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.9137, 0.9765
RGB percentages2.4%, 91.4%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(184, 95.3%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 97.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK97.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer453,113
CSS custom property--colour: #06E9F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#F91606

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DFFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9CAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8Aqua · ΔE 12.4Cyan · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light seagreen · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F91606
Analogous#06F98F, #0670F9
Triadic#F906E9, #E9F906
Split complementary#F90670, #F99006
Tetradic#8F06F9, #F91606, #6FF906

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDFBFE
Lighter +30%#9BF6FD
Lighter +20%#6AF2FB
Lighter +10%#38EDFA
Darker −10%#05BAC7
Darker −20%#048C95
Darker −30%#025D64
Darker −40%#012F32
More saturated +25%#00EEFF
Less saturated −25%#26CDD9

Channel breakdown

R6
G233
B249
Red6 (2.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue183.95°
Saturation (HSL)95.29%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G E9 · B F9

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