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Recognised as Colour

#69DCD9

  • #69DCD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#69DCD9 is a cyan with RGB values 105, 220, 217 and HSL 178°, 62%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#69DCD9#69DCD9
HEX#69DCD9
RGBrgb(105, 220, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.8627, 0.851
RGB percentages41.2%, 86.3%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(178.4, 62.2%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 52.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK52.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,937,817
CSS custom property--colour: #69DCD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#962326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D2D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC4DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.4Turquoise · ΔE 11.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC696C
Analogous#69DC9F, #69A6DC
Triadic#D969DC, #DCD969
Split complementary#DC69A6, #DC9F69
Tetradic#9F69DC, #DC696C, #A6DC69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F9F8
Lighter +20%#BCEFEE
Lighter +10%#92E6E3
Darker −10%#40D2CF
Darker −20%#2AB5B1
Darker −30%#218B89
Darker −40%#176260
More saturated +25%#52F3EF
Less saturated −25%#80C5C3

Channel breakdown

R105
G220
B217
Red105 (41.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue178.43°
Saturation (HSL)62.16%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 69 · G DC · B D9

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