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Recognised as Colour

#68999D

  • #68999D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#68999D is a cyan with RGB values 104, 153, 157 and HSL 185°, 21%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#68999D#68999D
HEX#68999D
RGBrgb(104, 153, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6, 0.6157
RGB percentages40.8%, 60%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(184.5, 21.3%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 33.8%, 61.6%)
CMYK33.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,855,069
CSS custom property--colour: #68999D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#976662

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92959Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#888E9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#549D9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 4.5Light slate grey · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 15.4Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3Teal · ΔE 18Gray · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 4.51, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D6C68
Analogous#689D86, #687F9D
Triadic#9D6899, #999D68
Split complementary#9D687F, #9D8768
Tetradic#86689D, #9D6C68, #7E9D68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4EDED
Lighter +30%#C5D8D9
Lighter +20%#A6C3C5
Lighter +10%#87AEB1
Darker −10%#537C7F
Darker −20%#3F5E60
Darker −30%#2B4041
Darker −40%#162223
More saturated +25%#49B3BC
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R104
G153
B157
Red104 (40.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue184.53°
Saturation (HSL)21.29%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 99 · B 9D

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