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Colour

#6C9792

  • #6C9792
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6C9792 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 151, 146 and HSL 173°, 17%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6C9792#6C9792
HEX#6C9792
RGBrgb(108, 151, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.5922, 0.5725
RGB percentages42.4%, 59.2%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(173, 17.1%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 28.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK28.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,116,690
CSS custom property--colour: #6C9792;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#93686D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939292no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8C93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5E9995no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6Gray · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.3Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9Teal · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#976C71
Analogous#6C977C, #6C8797
Triadic#926C97, #97926C
Split complementary#976C87, #977C6C
Tetradic#7C6C97, #976C71, #86976C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3ECEB
Lighter +30%#C6D6D4
Lighter +20%#A8C1BE
Lighter +10%#8AACA8
Darker −10%#567A76
Darker −20%#415C59
Darker −30%#2C3E3C
Darker −40%#17201F
More saturated +25%#4DB6AA
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R108
G151
B146
Red108 (42.4%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue173.02°
Saturation (HSL)17.13%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G 97 · B 92

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