RGB to HEX: #06B6D4

Also known as: Tailwind v3 cyan-500

rgb(6 182 212) → #06B6D4

Values are shown at full precision, so converting back gives exactly #06b6d4. The rounded form is what you normally paste into CSS.

Step-by-step math

Every number below is computed from the input, nothing is looked up.

1. base 10 → base 16

R = 6 = 0×16 + 6 → 06
G = 182 = 11×16 + 6 → B6
B = 212 = 13×16 + 4 → D4

2. pairs → HEX
```
06 B6 D4 → #06B6D4
```

All formats

HEX: #06b6d4
RGB: rgb(6 182 212)
RGB (legacy): rgb(6, 182, 212)
HSL: hsl(188.74 94.50% 42.75%) → hsl(189 95% 43%)
HWB: hwb(189 2% 17%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.715 0.126 215.2) · oklch(71.5% 0.126 215.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.715 -0.103 -0.073)
Lab (D50): lab(67.70 -31.60 -26.68)
LCH (D50): lch(67.70 41.35 220.17)
Display P3: color(display-p3 0.3219 0.7030 0.8172)
Linear sRGB: color(srgb-linear 0.0018 0.4678 0.6584)

Gamut: sRGB and Display P3

#06B6D4 is a hex color, so it sits inside sRGB and therefore inside Display P3. At this lightness and hue, sRGB reaches chroma 0.126 and Display P3 reaches 0.168; this color uses 99% of the sRGB chroma available.

CSS snippets

.element {
  color: #06b6d4;
  color: rgb(6 182 212);
  color: hsl(189 95% 43%);
  color: oklch(0.715 0.126 215.2);
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 */
@theme {
  --color-brand: oklch(0.715 0.126 215.2);
}
/* arbitrary values */
class="text-[#06b6d4] bg-[oklch(0.715_0.126_215.2)]"

/* wide-gamut screens */
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .element { color: color(display-p3 0.3219 0.7030 0.8172); }
}

/* relative color syntax: 10% darker */
.element-dark { color: oklch(from #06b6d4 calc(l - 0.1) c h); }

Nearby colors

Closest colors in the Tailwind and CSS named palettes (OKLab distance).

Lighter and darker, same hue and chroma

#35C9E8 · oklch(0.775 0.126 215.2) · ΔL +0.06
#00A3C0 · oklch(0.655 0.126 215.2) · ΔL −0.06

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