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Recognised as Colour

#6E919C

  • #6E919C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6E919C is a cyan with RGB values 110, 145, 156 and HSL 194°, 19%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6E919C#6E919C
HEX#6E919C
RGBrgb(110, 145, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.5686, 0.6118
RGB percentages43.1%, 56.9%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(194.3, 18.9%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 29.5%, 61.2%)
CMYK29.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,246,236
CSS custom property--colour: #6E919C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#916E63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8F9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#83899Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5F9594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.6Slate grey · ΔE 9Cadetblue · ΔE 11Gray · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.6Dim grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C796E
Analogous#6E9C90, #6E7A9C
Triadic#9C6E91, #919C6E
Split complementary#9C6E7A, #9C906E
Tetradic#906E9C, #9C796E, #7A9C6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7EDEF
Lighter +30%#C9D6DA
Lighter +20%#ABBFC5
Lighter +10%#8CA8B1
Darker −10%#577680
Darker −20%#435A61
Darker −30%#2E3E43
Darker −40%#192225
More saturated +25%#50A1BB
Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R110
G145
B156
Red110 (43.1%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue194.35°
Saturation (HSL)18.85%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6E · G 91 · B 9C

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