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Colour

#68787F

  • #68787F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#68787F is a cyan with RGB values 104, 120, 127 and HSL 198°, 10%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#68787F#68787F
HEX#68787F
RGBrgb(104, 120, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4706, 0.498
RGB percentages40.8%, 47.1%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(198.3, 10%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 18.1%, 49.8%)
CMYK18.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,846,591
CSS custom property--colour: #68787F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#978780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#74777Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#71747Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#627A7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 6.3Gray · ΔE 8.4Light slate grey · ΔE 8.7Dim grey · ΔE 8.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F6F68
Analogous#687F7A, #686D7F
Triadic#7F6878, #787F68
Split complementary#7F686D, #7F7A68
Tetradic#7A687F, #7F6F68, #6D7F68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6DBDD
Lighter +30%#BAC2C6
Lighter +20%#9EAAAF
Lighter +10%#829198
Darker −10%#515E63
Darker −20%#3A4347
Darker −30%#23292B
Darker −40%#0C0E0F
More saturated +25%#4B839C
Less saturated −25%#747474

Channel breakdown

R104
G120
B127
Red104 (40.8%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue198.26°
Saturation (HSL)9.96%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 78 · B 7F

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