Colour

#006168

#006168
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#006168 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 97, 104 and HSL 184°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#006168#006168

HEX#006168

RGBrgb(0, 97, 104)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3804, 0.4078

RGB percentages0%, 38%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(184, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK100%, 6.7%, 0%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,936

CSS custom property--colour: #006168;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.22:1

Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#FF9E97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#585C69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C5368no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006663no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.2 Teal · ΔE 13.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.4 Slate grey · ΔE 24.8 Dim grey · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#680700

Analogous#00683B, #002D68

Triadic#680061, #616800

Split complementary#68002D, #683B00

Tetradic#3B0068, #680700, #2D6800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#35F1FF

Lighter +30%#02EEFF

Lighter +20%#00C0CE

Lighter +10%#00919B

Darker −10%#003135

Darker −20%#000202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006168

Less saturated −25%#0D565B

Channel breakdown

G97

B104

Red0 (0%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue184.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 61 · B 68

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