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Recognised as Colour

#69CBCB

  • #69CBCB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#69CBCB is a cyan with RGB values 105, 203, 203 and HSL 180°, 49%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#69CBCB#69CBCB
HEX#69CBCB
RGBrgb(105, 203, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.7961, 0.7961
RGB percentages41.2%, 79.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(180, 48.5%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 48.3%, 79.6%)
CMYK48.3%, 0%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,933,451
CSS custom property--colour: #69CBCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#963434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB6CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2CD0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Light seagreen · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.8Turquoise · ΔE 16.9Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB6969
Analogous#69CB9A, #699ACB
Triadic#CB69CB, #CBCB69
Split complementary#CB699A, #CB9A69
Tetradic#9A69CB, #CB6969, #9ACB69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBF2F2
Lighter +20%#B5E5E5
Lighter +10%#8FD8D8
Darker −10%#43BEBE
Darker −20%#359999
Darker −30%#287373
Darker −40%#1B4D4D
More saturated +25%#50E4E4
Less saturated −25%#82B2B2

Channel breakdown

R105
G203
B203
Red105 (41.2%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)48.51%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 69 · G CB · B CB

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