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Recognised as Colour

#69A7BA

  • #69A7BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#69A7BA is a cyan with RGB values 105, 167, 186 and HSL 194°, 37%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#69A7BA#69A7BA
HEX#69A7BA
RGBrgb(105, 167, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6549, 0.7294
RGB percentages41.2%, 65.5%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(194.1, 37%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 43.5%, 72.9%)
CMYK43.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,924,218
CSS custom property--colour: #69A7BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#965845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA3BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E9ABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#45AEADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 15Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Slate grey · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA7C69
Analogous#69BAA5, #697EBA
Triadic#BA69A7, #A7BA69
Split complementary#BA697E, #BAA469
Tetradic#A569BA, #BA7C69, #7FBA69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F9FA
Lighter +30%#D2E4EA
Lighter +20%#AFD0DA
Lighter +10%#8CBBCA
Darker −10%#4C90A4
Darker −20%#3C7181
Darker −30%#2B535F
Darker −40%#1B343C
More saturated +25%#4EB6D5
Less saturated −25%#84989F

Channel breakdown

R105
G167
B186
Red105 (41.2%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue194.07°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G A7 · B BA

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