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Recognised as Colour

#6A9596

  • #6A9596
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6A9596 is a cyan with RGB values 106, 149, 150 and HSL 181°, 17%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6A9596#6A9596
HEX#6A9596
RGBrgb(106, 149, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.5843, 0.5882
RGB percentages41.6%, 58.4%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(181.4, 17.3%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 29.3%, 58.8%)
CMYK29.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,985,110
CSS custom property--colour: #6A9596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#956A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9196no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#878B96no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5A9895no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.3Light slate grey · ΔE 13.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.5Gray · ΔE 16.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18Teal · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#966B6A
Analogous#6A9681, #6A7F96
Triadic#966A95, #95966A
Split complementary#966A7F, #96816A
Tetradic#816A96, #966B6A, #7F966A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2EAEA
Lighter +30%#C4D5D5
Lighter +20%#A6C0C0
Lighter +10%#88AAAB
Darker −10%#557778
Darker −20%#405A5A
Darker −30%#2B3C3C
Darker −40%#151E1F
More saturated +25%#4AB3B6
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R106
G149
B150
Red106 (41.6%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue181.36°
Saturation (HSL)17.32%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6A · G 95 · B 96

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