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Recognised as Colour

#69B5A9

  • #69B5A9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#69B5A9 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 181, 169 and HSL 171°, 34%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#69B5A9#69B5A9
HEX#69B5A9
RGBrgb(105, 181, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7098, 0.6627
RGB percentages41.2%, 71%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(170.5, 33.9%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 42%, 71%)
CMYK42%, 0%, 6.6%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,927,785
CSS custom property--colour: #69B5A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#964A56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFADA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A4AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#4BB8B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 12.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B56975
Analogous#69B583, #699BB5
Triadic#A969B5, #B5A969
Split complementary#B5699B, #B58369
Tetradic#8369B5, #B56975, #9BB569

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F8F7
Lighter +30%#CFE8E4
Lighter +20%#ADD7D0
Lighter +10%#8BC6BD
Darker −10%#4E9D91
Darker −20%#3D7B71
Darker −30%#2C5952
Darker −40%#1B3733
More saturated +25%#4DD1BC
Less saturated −25%#859996

Channel breakdown

R105
G181
B169
Red105 (41.2%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue170.53°
Saturation (HSL)33.93%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 69 · G B5 · B A9

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