HEX atlas value

#006994

#006994 is a cool blue HEX color nearest Sea Blue. RGB 0, 105, 148, HSL 197° 100% 29%, luminance 0.1224; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool jewel-tone

#006994 Sample readable text

HEX #006994

RGB rgb(0, 105, 148)

HSL hsl(197 100% 29%)

CMYK cmyk(100, 29, 0, 42)

Luminance 0.1224

Contrast Black 3.45:1White 6.09:1

CSS

--color-006994: #006994;
.background-006994 { background-color: #006994; }
.text-006994 { color: #006994; }

HEX meaning and use

About #006994

#006994 is classified as a cool blue value with jewel tone visual character. #006994 is visually closest to Sea Blue, a named blue color with HEX #006994.

The RGB channels are 0, 105, and 148, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 197deg with 100% saturation and 29% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.1224, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.45:1AA Fail

White text6.09:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #006994 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.45:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.09:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#002838#002838 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.44:1 #002094#002094 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.85:1 #00ACF0#00ACF0 · #000000 text · best 8.16:1 #942A00#942A00 · #FFFFFF text · best 8.11:1 #106384#106384 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.69:1

Generated Palette

Sea Blue#006994

#942A00#942A00

#009474#009474

#002094#002094

#00ACF0#00ACF0

#002838#002838

Color Harmonies

#942A00#942A00

#009474#009474

#002094#002094

#94006A#94006A

#6A9400#6A9400

Variants

#00ACF0#00ACF0

#002838#002838

#006A94#006A94

#106384#106384

#26B5ED#26B5ED

#0087BD#0087BD

Nearest Named Colors

Sea Blue#006994

Enamel Blue#0067A0

Safety Blue#0067A5

Cerulean#007BA7

Teal#008080

Luminance0.1224

Black text3.45:1AA Fail

White text6.09:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#006994","rgb":[0,105,148],"hsl":[197,100,29],"cmyk":[100,29,0,42],"luminance":0.1224,"contrast":{"black":3.45,"white":6.09}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.45,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.09,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#002838","hex":"#002838","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.36,"contrastWhite":15.44,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#002094","hex":"#002094","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00ACF0","hex":"#00ACF0","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.16,"contrastWhite":2.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#942A00","hex":"#942A00","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.59,"contrastWhite":8.11,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#106384","hex":"#106384","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.14,"contrastWhite":6.69,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","jewel tone","jewel tone blue","Sea Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/006994.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/enamel-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#942A00","analogous":["#009474","#002094"],"triadic":["#94006A","#6A9400"],"tetradic":["#740094","#942A00","#209400"],"splitComplementary":["#940020","#947400"],"monochromatic":["#00ACF0","#006994","#002838"]}

Variants

{"light":"#00ACF0","dark":"#002838","saturated":"#006A94","desaturated":"#106384","pastel":"#26B5ED","neon":"#0087BD"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sea-blue","name":"Sea Blue","hex":"#006994","distance":0},{"slug":"enamel-blue","name":"Enamel Blue","hex":"#0067A0","distance":12.165525060596439},{"slug":"safety-blue","name":"Safety Blue","hex":"#0067A5","distance":17.11724276862369},{"slug":"cerulean","name":"Cerulean","hex":"#007BA7","distance":26.1725046566048},{"slug":"teal","name":"Teal","hex":"#008080","distance":30.479501308256342}]

#006994

CSS

About #006994

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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