Colour

#006860

#006860
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#006860 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 104, 96 and HSL 175°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006860#006860

HEX#006860

RGBrgb(0, 104, 96)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4078, 0.3765

RGB percentages0%, 40.8%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(175.4, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.7%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer26,720

CSS custom property--colour: #006860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.67:1

Contrast with white6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#FF979F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#626160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#565861no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 10.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 23.8 Dim grey · ΔE 28.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#680008

Analogous#00682C, #003C68

Triadic#600068, #686000

Split complementary#68003C, #682C00

Tetradic#2C0068, #680008, #3C6800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#35FFEF

Lighter +30%#02FFEC

Lighter +20%#00CEBE

Lighter +10%#009B8F

Darker −10%#003531

Darker −20%#000202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006860

Less saturated −25%#0D5B55

Channel breakdown

G104

B96

Red0 (0%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue175.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 68 · B 60

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