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Recognised as Colour

#50968E

  • #50968E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#50968E is a cyan with RGB values 80, 150, 142 and HSL 173°, 30%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#50968E#50968E
HEX#50968E
RGBrgb(80, 150, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.5882, 0.5569
RGB percentages31.4%, 58.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(173.1, 30.4%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 46.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK46.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,281,422
CSS custom property--colour: #50968E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#AF6971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#908F8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#84878Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2F9993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.5Dark cyan · ΔE 10.6Teal · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#965058
Analogous#50966B, #507B96
Triadic#8E5096, #968E50
Split complementary#96507B, #966B50
Tetradic#6B5096, #965058, #7B9650

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDE5E2
Lighter +30%#ACD3CE
Lighter +20%#8BC1BB
Lighter +10%#6AAFA7
Darker −10%#3E756F
Darker −20%#2D534F
Darker −30%#1B3230
Darker −40%#091110
More saturated +25%#33B3A4
Less saturated −25%#6D7978

Channel breakdown

R80
G150
B142
Red80 (31.4%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue173.14°
Saturation (HSL)30.43%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 50 · G 96 · B 8E

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