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Recognised as Colour

#699E9E

  • #699E9E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#699E9E is a cyan with RGB values 105, 158, 158 and HSL 180°, 21%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#699E9E#699E9E
HEX#699E9E
RGBrgb(105, 158, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6196, 0.6196
RGB percentages41.2%, 62%, 62%
HSLhsl(180, 21.5%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 33.5%, 62%)
CMYK33.5%, 0%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,921,886
CSS custom property--colour: #699E9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#966161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97999Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D929Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#55A19Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 2.9Dark cyan · ΔE 16.5Light slate grey · ΔE 17.1Teal · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 2.93, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E6969
Analogous#699E84, #69849E
Triadic#9E699E, #9E9E69
Split complementary#9E6984, #9E8469
Tetradic#84699E, #9E6969, #849E69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5EEEE
Lighter +30%#C6DADA
Lighter +20%#A7C6C6
Lighter +10%#88B2B2
Darker −10%#538181
Darker −20%#3F6262
Darker −30%#2B4343
Darker −40%#172424
More saturated +25%#4ABDBD
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R105
G158
B158
Red105 (41.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)21.46%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 9E · B 9E

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