Recognised as Colour

#06EECF

#06EECF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#06EECF is a cyan with RGB values 6, 238, 207 and HSL 172°, 95%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#06EECF#06EECF

HEX#06EECF

RGBrgb(6, 238, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.9333, 0.8118

RGB percentages2.4%, 93.3%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(172, 95.1%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172, 97.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK97.5%, 0%, 13%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer454,351

CSS custom property--colour: #06EECF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.14:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#F91130

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4DFCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBCCD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.8 Aqua · ΔE 18 Cyan · ΔE 18 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE0625

Analogous#06EE5B, #0699EE

Triadic#CF06EE, #EECF06

Split complementary#EE0699, #EE5B06

Tetradic#5B06EE, #EE0625, #99EE06

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3FDF6

Lighter +30%#91FCEE

Lighter +20%#5FFBE6

Lighter +10%#2DFADE

Darker −10%#05BCA4

Darker −20%#038B78

Darker −30%#02594D

Darker −40%#012722

More saturated +25%#00F4D3

Less saturated −25%#25D0B9

Channel breakdown

G238

B207

Red6 (2.4%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue171.98°

Saturation (HSL)95.08%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 06 · G EE · B CF

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Colour values

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