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Recognised as Colour

#69DBCD

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

#69DBCD is a cyan with RGB values 105, 219, 205 and HSL 173°, 61%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#69DBCD#69DBCD
HEX#69DBCD
RGBrgb(105, 219, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.8588, 0.8039
RGB percentages41.2%, 85.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(172.6, 61.3%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 52.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK52.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,937,549
CSS custom property--colour: #69DBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.61:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#962432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC3CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#1FDFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.8Turquoise · ΔE 8.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB6977
Analogous#69DB94, #69B0DB
Triadic#CD69DB, #DBCD69
Split complementary#DB69B0, #DB9469
Tetradic#9469DB, #DB6977, #B0DB69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F9F6
Lighter +20%#BBEFE8
Lighter +10%#92E5DB
Darker −10%#40D1BF
Darker −20%#2BB3A2
Darker −30%#218A7D
Darker −40%#176158
More saturated +25%#52F2DF
Less saturated −25%#80C4BB

Channel breakdown

R105
G219
B205
Red105 (41.2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue172.63°
Saturation (HSL)61.29%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 69 · G DB · B CD

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