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Recognised as Colour

#68A7BA

  • #68A7BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#68A7BA is a cyan with RGB values 104, 167, 186 and HSL 194°, 37%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#68A7BA#68A7BA
HEX#68A7BA
RGBrgb(104, 167, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6549, 0.7294
RGB percentages40.8%, 65.5%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(193.9, 37.3%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 44.1%, 72.9%)
CMYK44.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,858,682
CSS custom property--colour: #68A7BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#975845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA3BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E9ABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#43AEADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 18.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA7B68
Analogous#68BAA4, #687EBA
Triadic#BA68A7, #A7BA68
Split complementary#BA687E, #BAA468
Tetradic#A468BA, #BA7B68, #7EBA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F9FA
Lighter +30%#D1E4EA
Lighter +20%#AED0DA
Lighter +10%#8BBBCA
Darker −10%#4B8FA4
Darker −20%#3B7181
Darker −30%#2B525E
Darker −40%#1B343B
More saturated +25%#4DB6D5
Less saturated −25%#84989F

Channel breakdown

R104
G167
B186
Red104 (40.8%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue193.9°
Saturation (HSL)37.27%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G A7 · B BA

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