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Recognised as Colour

#699CA9

  • #699CA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#699CA9 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 156, 169 and HSL 192°, 27%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#699CA9#699CA9
HEX#699CA9
RGBrgb(105, 156, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6118, 0.6627
RGB percentages41.2%, 61.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(192.2, 27.1%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 37.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK37.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,921,385
CSS custom property--colour: #699CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#966356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9399AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8891A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#50A1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.7Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Slate grey · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.6Gray · ΔE 19.8Dark grey · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A97669
Analogous#69A996, #697CA9
Triadic#A9699C, #9CA969
Split complementary#A9697C, #A99669
Tetradic#9669A9, #A97669, #7CA969

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF2F3
Lighter +30%#CADCE1
Lighter +20%#AAC7CE
Lighter +10%#89B1BC
Darker −10%#51818E
Darker −20%#3F646D
Darker −30%#2C464D
Darker −40%#1A292C
More saturated +25%#4CAEC6
Less saturated −25%#878A8C

Channel breakdown

R105
G156
B169
Red105 (41.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue192.19°
Saturation (HSL)27.12%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 9C · B A9

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