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Recognised as Colour

#699EA5

  • #699EA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#699EA5 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 158, 165 and HSL 187°, 25%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#699EA5#699EA5
HEX#699EA5
RGBrgb(105, 158, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6196, 0.6471
RGB percentages41.2%, 62%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(187, 25%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187, 36.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK36.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,921,893
CSS custom property--colour: #699EA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#96615A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969AA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C92A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#52A2A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 4.4Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Slate grey · ΔE 16.3Dark cyan · ΔE 17.8Teal · ΔE 18.9Dark grey · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 4.44, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A57069
Analogous#69A58E, #6980A5
Triadic#A5699E, #9EA569
Split complementary#A56980, #A58E69
Tetradic#8E69A5, #A57069, #80A569

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8F0F2
Lighter +30%#C9DCDE
Lighter +20%#A9C7CB
Lighter +10%#89B3B8
Darker −10%#528289
Darker −20%#3F6469
Darker −30%#2C4649
Darker −40%#192729
More saturated +25%#4BB5C3
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R105
G158
B165
Red105 (41.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue187°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 9E · B A5

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