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Recognised as Colour

#698FA0

  • #698FA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#698FA0 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 143, 160 and HSL 199°, 22%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#698FA0#698FA0
HEX#698FA0
RGBrgb(105, 143, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.5608, 0.6275
RGB percentages41.2%, 56.1%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(198.5, 22.4%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 34.4%, 62.7%)
CMYK34.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,918,048
CSS custom property--colour: #698FA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#96705F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#868DA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E87A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#569494no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 8.4Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Gray · ΔE 16.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A07A69
Analogous#69A095, #6974A0
Triadic#A0698F, #8FA069
Split complementary#A06974, #A09569
Tetradic#9569A0, #A07A69, #74A069

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6ECEF
Lighter +30%#C7D5DB
Lighter +20%#A7BEC8
Lighter +10%#88A6B4
Darker −10%#537483
Darker −20%#3F5864
Darker −30%#2B3D45
Darker −40%#182125
More saturated +25%#4A9BBF
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R105
G143
B160
Red105 (41.2%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue198.55°
Saturation (HSL)22.45%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 8F · B A0

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