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Recognised as Colour

#68909B

  • #68909B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#68909B is a cyan with RGB values 104, 144, 155 and HSL 193°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#68909B#68909B
HEX#68909B
RGBrgb(104, 144, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.5647, 0.6078
RGB percentages40.8%, 56.5%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(192.9, 20.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 32.9%, 60.8%)
CMYK32.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,852,763
CSS custom property--colour: #68909B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#976F64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888D9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#80879Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#569493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.8Slate grey · ΔE 9.9Cadetblue · ΔE 10Gray · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 19.1Dim grey · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B7368
Analogous#689B8C, #68779B
Triadic#9B6890, #909B68
Split complementary#9B6877, #9B8C68
Tetradic#8C689B, #9B7368, #779B68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3EAEC
Lighter +30%#C4D4D8
Lighter +20%#A5BDC4
Lighter +10%#87A7AF
Darker −10%#53747D
Darker −20%#3F585E
Darker −30%#2A3B40
Darker −40%#161F21
More saturated +25%#49A2BA
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R104
G144
B155
Red104 (40.8%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue192.94°
Saturation (HSL)20.32%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 90 · B 9B

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