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Recognised as Colour

#68949B

  • #68949B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#68949B is a cyan with RGB values 104, 148, 155 and HSL 188°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#68949B#68949B
HEX#68949B
RGBrgb(104, 148, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.5804, 0.6078
RGB percentages40.8%, 58%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(188.2, 20.3%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 32.9%, 60.8%)
CMYK32.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,853,787
CSS custom property--colour: #68949B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#976B64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D919Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#848A9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#569896no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.2Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 12.5Gray · ΔE 16.4Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6Teal · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B6F68
Analogous#689B89, #687A9B
Triadic#9B6894, #949B68
Split complementary#9B687A, #9B8868
Tetradic#89689B, #9B6F68, #7B9B68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3EBEC
Lighter +30%#C4D5D8
Lighter +20%#A5BFC4
Lighter +10%#87AAAF
Darker −10%#53777D
Darker −20%#3F5A5E
Darker −30%#2A3D40
Darker −40%#162021
More saturated +25%#49ABBA
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R104
G148
B155
Red104 (40.8%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue188.24°
Saturation (HSL)20.32%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 94 · B 9B

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