Recognised as Colour

#699F8D

#699F8D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#699F8D is a cyan with RGB values 105, 159, 141 and HSL 160°, 22%, 52%. 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

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HEX#699F8D

RGBrgb(105, 159, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6235, 0.5529

RGB percentages41.2%, 62.4%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(160, 22%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160, 34%, 62.4%)

CMYK34%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,922,125

CSS custom property--colour: #699F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#966072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9C988Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#92928Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5AA09Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 19 Teal · ΔE 19.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9F697B

Analogous#699F72, #69969F

Triadic#8D699F, #9F8D69

Split complementary#9F6996, #9F7269

Tetradic#72699F, #9F697B, #969F69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E5EFEC

Lighter +30%#C6DBD4

Lighter +20%#A7C7BC

Lighter +10%#88B3A5

Darker −10%#538272

Darker −20%#3F6357

Darker −30%#2B443C

Darker −40%#172520

More saturated +25%#4ABE97

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R105

G159

B141

Red105 (41.2%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue160°

Saturation (HSL)21.95%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 69 · G 9F · B 8D

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