Recognised as Colour

#6C8684

#6C8684
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#6C8684 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 134, 132 and HSL 175°, 11%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#6C8684

RGBrgb(108, 134, 132)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.5255, 0.5176

RGB percentages42.4%, 52.5%, 51.8%

HSLhsl(175.4, 10.7%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 19.4%, 52.5%)

CMYK19.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,112,324

CSS custom property--colour: #6C8684;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#93797B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#838384no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7F84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#648785no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 9.9 Slate grey · ΔE 11.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5 Dim grey · ΔE 13.7 Dark grey · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#866C6E

Analogous#6C8677, #6C7B86

Triadic#846C86, #86846C

Split complementary#866C7B, #86776C

Tetradic#776C86, #866C6E, #7B866C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DCE2E2

Lighter +30%#BFCCCB

Lighter +20%#A3B5B4

Lighter +10%#879E9C

Darker −10%#556A68

Darker −20%#3E4E4C

Darker −30%#283131

Darker −40%#111515

More saturated +25%#4EA49E

Less saturated −25%#797979

Channel breakdown

R108

G134

B132

Red108 (42.4%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue132 (51.8%)

Hue175.38°

Saturation (HSL)10.74%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6C · G 86 · B 84

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