Recognised as Colour

#68A393

#68A393
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#68A393 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 163, 147 and HSL 164°, 24%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

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HEX#68A393

RGBrgb(104, 163, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6392, 0.5765

RGB percentages40.8%, 63.9%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(163.7, 24.3%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.7, 36.2%, 63.9%)

CMYK36.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,857,619

CSS custom property--colour: #68A393;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#975C6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9C92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#959594no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#56A49Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.2 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4 Teal · ΔE 18.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A36878

Analogous#68A375, #6895A3

Triadic#9368A3, #A39368

Split complementary#A36895, #A37568

Tetradic#7568A3, #A36878, #95A368

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E7F0EE

Lighter +30%#C7DDD7

Lighter +20%#A7CAC0

Lighter +10%#88B6AA

Darker −10%#528678

Darker −20%#3E675C

Darker −30%#2B473F

Darker −40%#182723

More saturated +25%#4AC1A1

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R104

G163

B147

Red104 (40.8%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue163.73°

Saturation (HSL)24.28%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G A3 · B 93

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