#06a0ae

Color #06a0ae

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#06a0ae

RGB

rgb(6, 160, 174)

HSL

hsl(185, 93.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 96.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.6%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(60.1, -29.23, -17.12)

LCH

lch(60.1, 33.87, 210.36)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1094, 205.84)

HWB

hwb(185, 2.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae1406

Analogous

#06ae68

#06a0ae

#064cae

Triadic

#06a0ae

#ae06a0

#a0ae06

Split-complementary

#06a0ae

#ae064c

#ae6806

Tetradic

#06a0ae

#1406ae

#ae1406

#a0ae06

Square

#06a0ae

#6806ae

#ae1406

#4cae06

Shades

Color #06a0ae mixed toward black.

#058591

#046b74

#035057

#02353a

#011b1d

Tints

Color #06a0ae mixed toward white.

#08d1e3

#2ae7f8

#60edf9

#95f3fb

#caf9fd

Tones

Color #06a0ae mixed toward gray.

#1494a0

#228992

#307d84

#3e7176

#4c6668

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6eab · ΔE 29.9

Deuteranopia

#665caa · ΔE 34.7

Tritanopia

#26a8a8 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #06a0ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#06a0ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#06a0ae (#06a0ae) is rgb(6, 160, 174) in RGB.

No, #06a0ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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