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Recognised as Colour

#69AFBE

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

#69AFBE is a cyan with RGB values 105, 175, 190 and HSL 191°, 40%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#69AFBE#69AFBE
HEX#69AFBE
RGBrgb(105, 175, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.6863, 0.7451
RGB percentages41.2%, 68.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(190.6, 39.5%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 44.7%, 74.5%)
CMYK44.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,926,270
CSS custom property--colour: #69AFBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#965041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3AABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A0BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#41B5B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Light blue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Light steelblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7869
Analogous#69BEA3, #6984BE
Triadic#BE69AF, #AFBE69
Split complementary#BE6984, #BEA369
Tetradic#A369BE, #BE7869, #84BE69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FBFC
Lighter +30%#D4E8EC
Lighter +20%#B0D5DD
Lighter +10%#8DC2CD
Darker −10%#4A99AA
Darker −20%#3A7987
Darker −30%#2B5963
Darker −40%#1C393F
More saturated +25%#4EC0D9
Less saturated −25%#849EA3

Channel breakdown

R105
G175
B190
Red105 (41.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue190.59°
Saturation (HSL)39.53%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G AF · B BE

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