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Recognised as Colour

#6C9AA6

  • #6C9AA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#6C9AA6 is a cyan with RGB values 108, 154, 166 and HSL 192°, 25%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#6C9AA6#6C9AA6
HEX#6C9AA6
RGBrgb(108, 154, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.6039, 0.651
RGB percentages42.4%, 60.4%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(192.4, 24.6%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 34.9%, 65.1%)
CMYK34.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,117,478
CSS custom property--colour: #6C9AA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#936559

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9197A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8890A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#579F9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2Light slate grey · ΔE 11.3Slate grey · ΔE 13Gray · ΔE 18.2Dark grey · ΔE 18.7Dark cyan · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6786C
Analogous#6CA695, #6C7DA6
Triadic#A66C9A, #9AA66C
Split complementary#A66C7D, #A6956C
Tetradic#956CA6, #A6786C, #7DA66C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF1F3
Lighter +30%#CBDBE0
Lighter +20%#ACC6CC
Lighter +10%#8CB0B9
Darker −10%#54808B
Darker −20%#41626B
Darker −30%#2E454B
Darker −40%#1A282C
More saturated +25%#4EABC3
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R108
G154
B166
Red108 (42.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue192.41°
Saturation (HSL)24.58%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6C · G 9A · B A6

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