Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#68A588

  • #68A588
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#68A588 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 165, 136 and HSL 151°, 25%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#68A588#68A588
HEX#68A588
RGBrgb(104, 165, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6471, 0.5333
RGB percentages40.8%, 64.7%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(151.5, 25.3%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.5, 37%, 64.7%)
CMYK37%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,858,120
CSS custom property--colour: #68A588;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.33:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#975A77

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39D87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#99968Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#59A59Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 13.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19Sea green · ΔE 20.9Dark cyan · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A56885
Analogous#68A569, #68A4A5
Triadic#8868A5, #A58868
Split complementary#A568A4, #A56968
Tetradic#6968A5, #A56885, #A4A568

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8F1ED
Lighter +30%#C8DED4
Lighter +20%#A8CBBA
Lighter +10%#88B8A1
Darker −10%#51896E
Darker −20%#3E6955
Darker −30%#2B493B
Darker −40%#182921
More saturated +25%#4AC389
Less saturated −25%#868787

Channel breakdown

R104
G165
B136
Red104 (40.8%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue151.48°
Saturation (HSL)25.31%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G A5 · B 88

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “68a588” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.