HEX atlas value

#006D5B

#006D5B is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Peacock Green. RGB 0, 109, 91, HSL 170° 100% 21%, luminance 0.1169; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool dark

#006D5B Sample readable text

HEX #006D5B

RGB rgb(0, 109, 91)

HSL hsl(170 100% 21%)

CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 17, 57)

Luminance 0.1169

Contrast Black 3.34:1White 6.29:1

CSS

--color-006d5b: #006D5B;
.background-006d5b { background-color: #006D5B; }
.text-006d5b { color: #006D5B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #006D5B

#006D5B is classified as a cool cyan value with dark visual character. #006D5B is visually closest to Peacock Green, a named cyan color with HEX #006D5B.

The RGB channels are 0, 109, and 91, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 170deg with 100% saturation and 21% 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 dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.1169, 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 text3.34:1AA Fail

White text6.29:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #006D5B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.34:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.29:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#000F0D#000F0D · #FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1 #6B0012#6B0012 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.85:1 #00476B#00476B · #FFFFFF text · best 9.93:1 #00C7A6#00C7A6 · #000000 text · best 9.72:1 #0C5F51#0C5F51 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.58:1

Generated Palette

Peacock Green#006D5B

#6B0012#6B0012

#006B24#006B24

#00476B#00476B

#00C7A6#00C7A6

#000F0D#000F0D

Color Harmonies

#6B0012#6B0012

#006B24#006B24

#00476B#00476B

#59006B#59006B

#6B5900#6B5900

Variants

#00C7A6#00C7A6

#000F0D#000F0D

#006B59#006B59

#0C5F51#0C5F51

#12D9B8#12D9B8

#00947B#00947B

Nearest Named Colors

Peacock Green#006D5B

Bottle Green#006A4E

Peacock Blue#005F69

Petrol Blue#005F6A

Pine Green#01796F

Luminance0.1169

Black text3.34:1AA Fail

White text6.29:1AA 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":"#006D5B","rgb":[0,109,91],"hsl":[170,100,21],"cmyk":[100,0,17,57],"luminance":0.1169,"contrast":{"black":3.34,"white":6.29}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.29,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#000F0D","hex":"#000F0D","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6B0012","hex":"#6B0012","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00476B","hex":"#00476B","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.11,"contrastWhite":9.93,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00C7A6","hex":"#00C7A6","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.72,"contrastWhite":2.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#0C5F51","hex":"#0C5F51","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.77,"contrastWhite":7.58,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","dark","dark cyan","Peacock Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/006d5b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peacock-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bottle-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peacock-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6B0012","analogous":["#006B24","#00476B"],"triadic":["#59006B","#6B5900"],"tetradic":["#24006B","#6B0012","#476B00"],"splitComplementary":["#6B0047","#6B2400"],"monochromatic":["#00C7A6","#006D5B","#000F0D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#00C7A6","dark":"#000F0D","saturated":"#006B59","desaturated":"#0C5F51","pastel":"#12D9B8","neon":"#00947B"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"peacock-green","name":"Peacock Green","hex":"#006D5B","distance":0},{"slug":"bottle-green","name":"Bottle Green","hex":"#006A4E","distance":13.341664064126334},{"slug":"peacock-blue","name":"Peacock Blue","hex":"#005F69","distance":19.79898987322333},{"slug":"petrol-blue","name":"Petrol Blue","hex":"#005F6A","distance":20.518284528683193},{"slug":"pine-green","name":"Pine Green","hex":"#01796F","distance":23.345235059857504}]

#006D5B

CSS

About #006D5B

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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