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Recognised as Colour

#68BAAB

  • #68BAAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#68BAAB is a cyan with RGB values 104, 186, 171 and HSL 169°, 37%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#68BAAB#68BAAB
HEX#68BAAB
RGBrgb(104, 186, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7294, 0.6706
RGB percentages40.8%, 72.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(169, 37.3%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 44.1%, 72.9%)
CMYK44.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,863,531
CSS custom property--colour: #68BAAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#974554

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B1AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A7ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#47BDB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA6877
Analogous#68BA82, #68A0BA
Triadic#AB68BA, #BAAB68
Split complementary#BA68A0, #BA8268
Tetradic#8268BA, #BA6877, #A0BA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FAF9
Lighter +30%#D1EAE5
Lighter +20%#AEDAD2
Lighter +10%#8BCABE
Darker −10%#4BA494
Darker −20%#3B8174
Darker −30%#2B5E55
Darker −40%#1B3B35
More saturated +25%#4DD5BC
Less saturated −25%#849F9A

Channel breakdown

R104
G186
B171
Red104 (40.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue169.02°
Saturation (HSL)37.27%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G BA · B AB

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