Information about #06A79A color

#06A79A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#06A79A falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(6, 167, 154) — 2.4% red, 65.5% green, 60.4% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 63 / 0 / 5 / 35. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength aqua cyan, #06A79A occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Manganese Blue (#03A89E). Slightly further away sit Persian Green (#00A693) and Strong Opal (#00A893).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(6, 167, 154)), which gives #06A79A its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #06A79A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#06A79A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#06A79A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #06A79A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Strong Opal color link
Strong Opal

#00A893

Spring Teal color link
Spring Teal

#0EA7A5

Strong Cyan color link
Strong Cyan

#00A8A8

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Niagara color link
Niagara

#06A189

Origin color link
Origin

#009C8A

ANTHEM Teal color link
ANTHEM Teal

#05A383

Seeker color link
Seeker

#0092A5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#06A79A
  • RGB6, 167, 154
  • CMYK63, 0, 5, 35
  • CSSrgb(6, 167, 154)
  • HSL175°, 93%, 34%
  • HSL Precise175.155°, 93.064%, 33.922%
  • HSV175°, 96%, 65%
  • HSB175°, 96%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.024
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.655
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • GLSLvec3(0.024, 0.655, 0.604)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.024, 0.655, 0.604, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.024, 0.655, 0.604)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID06A79A
  • DECIMAL ID436122
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01