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Recognised as Colour

#68A08E

  • #68A08E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#68A08E is a cyan with RGB values 104, 160, 142 and HSL 161°, 23%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#68A08E#68A08E
HEX#68A08E
RGBrgb(104, 160, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6275, 0.5569
RGB percentages40.8%, 62.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(160.7, 22.8%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.7, 35%, 62.7%)
CMYK35%, 0%, 11.2%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,856,846
CSS custom property--colour: #68A08E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#975F71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D998Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#93928Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#58A19Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Dark cyan · ΔE 17.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4Teal · ΔE 19.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0687A
Analogous#68A072, #6896A0
Triadic#8E68A0, #A08E68
Split complementary#A06896, #A07268
Tetradic#7268A0, #A0687A, #96A068

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5EFEC
Lighter +30%#C6DBD4
Lighter +20%#A7C7BD
Lighter +10%#87B4A5
Darker −10%#528373
Darker −20%#3F6358
Darker −30%#2B443C
Darker −40%#172520
More saturated +25%#49BF99
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R104
G160
B142
Red104 (40.8%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue160.71°
Saturation (HSL)22.76%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G A0 · B 8E

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