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Recognised as Colour

#6E8689

  • #6E8689
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#6E8689 is a cyan with RGB values 110, 134, 137 and HSL 187°, 11%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#6E8689#6E8689
HEX#6E8689
RGBrgb(110, 134, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.5255, 0.5373
RGB percentages43.1%, 52.5%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(186.7, 10.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 19.7%, 53.7%)
CMYK19.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,243,401
CSS custom property--colour: #6E8689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.43:1
Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#917976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#828489no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D8089no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#668887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 8.5Light slate grey · ΔE 8.9Gray · ΔE 9.1Dim grey · ΔE 13.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14Dark grey · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89716E
Analogous#6E897E, #6E7989
Triadic#896E86, #86896E
Split complementary#896E79, #897E6E
Tetradic#7E6E89, #89716E, #79896E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEE4E5
Lighter +30%#C2CDCE
Lighter +20%#A6B5B7
Lighter +10%#899EA1
Darker −10%#576A6D
Darker −20%#414F50
Darker −30%#2A3334
Darker −40%#131718
More saturated +25%#4F9EA8
Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R110
G134
B137
Red110 (43.1%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)10.93%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 86 · B 89

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