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#06BAAD

#06baad ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#06baad is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 72.94% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.99% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 175.67°, with 93.75% saturation and 37.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3817

Complementary

  1. #06baad
  2. #ba0613

Split complementary

  1. #06baad
  2. #ba066d
  3. #ba5306

Analogous

  1. #06ba53
  2. #06baad
  3. #066dba

Triadic

  1. #06baad
  2. #ad06ba
  3. #baad06

Tetradic

  1. #06baad
  2. #0613ba
  3. #ba0613
  4. #baad06

Square

  1. #06baad
  2. #5306ba
  3. #ba0613
  4. #6dba06

Monochromatic

  1. #012623
  2. #047068
  3. #06baad
  4. #15f7e7
  5. #5ffaef

Shades

#06baad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #06baad
  2. #05a79c
  3. #05958a
  4. #048279
  5. #047068
  6. #035d57
  7. #024a45
  8. #023834
  9. #012523
  10. #011311
  11. #000000

Tints

#06baad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #06baad
  2. #1fc1b5
  3. #38c8bd
  4. #51cfc6
  5. #6ad6ce
  6. #83ddd6
  7. #9be3de
  8. #b4eae6
  9. #cdf1ef
  10. #e6f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#06baad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #06baad
  2. #12b4a9
  3. #1eaea4
  4. #2ba9a0
  5. #37a39b
  6. #439d97
  7. #4f9792
  8. #5b918e
  9. #688c89
  10. #748685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84aea9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0afad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba0ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8bb3ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7babae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-06baad {
  color: #06baad;
}
Background
.bg-06baad {
  background-color: #06baad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-06baad {
  border: 2px solid #06baad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #06baad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 186 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 94% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-06baad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #06baad, #066dba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-06baad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 186 173 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.78 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.84 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.18 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.36 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.74 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.27 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.85 #f94552 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#06baad  rgb(6, 186, 173)  hsl(176, 94%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#ba0613  rgb(186, 6, 19)  hsl(356, 94%, 38%)  Cornell Red
#ad06ba  rgb(173, 6, 186)  hsl(296, 94%, 38%)  Dark Orchid
#baad06  rgb(186, 173, 6)  hsl(56, 94%, 38%)  Old Gold