Recognised as Colour
#649F9D
- #649F9D
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Cadetblue
#649F9D is a cyan with RGB values 100, 159, 157 and HSL 178°, 24%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.
Colour values
#649F9D#649F9D
HEX#649F9D
RGBrgb(100, 159, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.3922, 0.6235, 0.6157
RGB percentages39.2%, 62.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(178, 23.5%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 37.1%, 62.4%)
CMYK37.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,594,461
CSS custom property--colour: #649F9D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.2994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#9B6062
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9F6466
Analogous#649F80, #64839F
Triadic#9D649F, #9F9D64
Split complementary#9F6483, #9F8064
Tetradic#80649F, #9F6466, #849F64
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R100
G159
B157
Red100 (39.2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue177.97°
Saturation (HSL)23.51%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 64 · G 9F · B 9D
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