Colour

#006468

#006468
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#006468 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 100, 104 and HSL 182°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006468#006468

HEX#006468

RGBrgb(0, 100, 104)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3922, 0.4078

RGB percentages0%, 39.2%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(182.3, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK100%, 3.8%, 0%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer25,704

CSS custom property--colour: #006468;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.95:1

Contrast with white6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#FF9B97

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5F68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F5668no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#006865no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 23.4 Slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Dim grey · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#680400

Analogous#006838, #003068

Triadic#680064, #646800

Split complementary#680030, #683800

Tetradic#380068, #680400, #306800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#35F7FF

Lighter +30%#02F5FF

Lighter +20%#00C6CE

Lighter +10%#00959B

Darker −10%#003335

Darker −20%#000202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006468

Less saturated −25%#0D585B

Channel breakdown

G100

B104

Red0 (0%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue182.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 64 · B 68

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