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Recognised as Colour

#65AEAC

  • #65AEAC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#65AEAC is a cyan with RGB values 101, 174, 172 and HSL 178°, 31%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#65AEAC#65AEAC
HEX#65AEAC
RGBrgb(101, 174, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.6824, 0.6745
RGB percentages39.6%, 68.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(178.4, 31.1%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 42%, 68.2%)
CMYK42%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,663,852
CSS custom property--colour: #65AEAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#9A5153

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A7ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#999EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#44B2ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.6Light seagreen · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Teal · ΔE 19.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE6567
Analogous#65AE87, #658BAE
Triadic#AC65AE, #AEAC65
Split complementary#AE658B, #AE8765
Tetradic#8865AE, #AE6567, #8BAE65

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF4F4
Lighter +30%#C9E3E2
Lighter +20%#A8D1D0
Lighter +10%#86C0BE
Darker −10%#4D9391
Darker −20%#3C7170
Darker −30%#2A504F
Darker −40%#182F2E
More saturated +25%#48CBC8
Less saturated −25%#829190

Channel breakdown

R101
G174
B172
Red101 (39.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue178.36°
Saturation (HSL)31.06%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 65 · G AE · B AC

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