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Recognised as Colour

#6C8D99

  • #6C8D99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6C8D99 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 141, 153 and HSL 196°, 18%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6C8D99#6C8D99
HEX#6C8D99
RGBrgb(108, 141, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.5529, 0.6
RGB percentages42.4%, 55.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(196, 18.1%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 29.4%, 60%)
CMYK29.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,114,137
CSS custom property--colour: #6C8D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#937266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#868B9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5E9191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.4Slate grey · ΔE 7.5Cadetblue · ΔE 12.3Gray · ΔE 13.6Dim grey · ΔE 18Dark grey · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99786C
Analogous#6C998E, #6C7699
Triadic#996C8D, #8D996C
Split complementary#996C76, #998E6C
Tetradic#8E6C99, #99786C, #76996C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4EAED
Lighter +30%#C6D3D8
Lighter +20%#A8BCC3
Lighter +10%#8AA4AE
Darker −10%#56727C
Darker −20%#41565E
Darker −30%#2C3B40
Darker −40%#171F22
More saturated +25%#4D9CB8
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R108
G141
B153
Red108 (42.4%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue196°
Saturation (HSL)18.07%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 8D · B 99

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