Colour

#68ADAB

#68ADAB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#68ADAB is a cyan with RGB values 104, 173, 171 and HSL 178°, 30%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#68ADAB#68ADAB

HEX#68ADAB

RGBrgb(104, 173, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6784, 0.6706

RGB percentages40.8%, 67.8%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(178.3, 29.6%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 39.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK39.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,860,203

CSS custom property--colour: #68ADAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1

Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#975254

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A7ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#999DACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Tritanopia#4AB1ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Teal · ΔE 19.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD686A

Analogous#68AD89, #688DAD

Triadic#AB68AD, #ADAB68

Split complementary#AD688D, #AD8968

Tetradic#8968AD, #AD686A, #8DAD68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECF5F5

Lighter +30%#CBE3E2

Lighter +20%#AAD1D0

Lighter +10%#89BFBD

Darker −10%#509291

Darker −20%#3E7170

Darker −30%#2C504F

Darker −40%#1A2F2F

More saturated +25%#4BCAC6

Less saturated −25%#859090

Channel breakdown

R104

G173

B171

Red104 (40.8%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue178.26°

Saturation (HSL)29.61%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G AD · B AB

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Colour values

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