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Recognised as Colour

#6D9AAC

  • #6D9AAC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6D9AAC is a cyan with RGB values 109, 154, 172 and HSL 197°, 28%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6D9AAC#6D9AAC
HEX#6D9AAC
RGBrgb(109, 154, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.6039, 0.6745
RGB percentages42.7%, 60.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(197.1, 27.5%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 36.6%, 67.5%)
CMYK36.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,183,020
CSS custom property--colour: #6D9AAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#926553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9098ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8690ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#56A0A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.4Gray · ΔE 19.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC7F6D
Analogous#6DAC9F, #6D7BAC
Triadic#AC6D9A, #9AAC6D
Split complementary#AC6D7B, #AC9F6D
Tetradic#9F6DAC, #AC7F6D, #7AAC6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF4F6
Lighter +30%#CFDDE3
Lighter +20%#AEC7D1
Lighter +10%#8EB0BE
Darker −10%#538193
Darker −20%#416472
Darker −30%#2E4852
Darker −40%#1C2B31
More saturated +25%#50A6C9
Less saturated −25%#8A8E8F

Channel breakdown

R109
G154
B172
Red109 (42.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)27.51%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6D · G 9A · B AC

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