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Recognised as Colour

#6C8D85

  • #6C8D85
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6C8D85 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 141, 133 and HSL 165°, 13%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6C8D85#6C8D85
HEX#6C8D85
RGBrgb(108, 141, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.5529, 0.5216
RGB percentages42.4%, 55.3%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(165.5, 13.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.5, 23.4%, 55.3%)
CMYK23.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,114,117
CSS custom property--colour: #6C8D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#93727A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8985no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#848486no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#638E8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Gray · ΔE 13.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16Slate grey · ΔE 16Dim grey · ΔE 17.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D6C74
Analogous#6C8D75, #6C858D
Triadic#856C8D, #8D856C
Split complementary#8D6C84, #8D756C
Tetradic#756C8D, #8D6C74, #858D6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFE6E4
Lighter +30%#C2D0CD
Lighter +20%#A5BAB5
Lighter +10%#88A49D
Darker −10%#56706A
Darker −20%#40534F
Darker −30%#2A3633
Darker −40%#141918
More saturated +25%#4DAC95
Less saturated −25%#7D7D7D

Channel breakdown

R108
G141
B133
Red108 (42.4%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue165.45°
Saturation (HSL)13.25%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G 8D · B 85

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