Recognised as Colour

#6F8985

#6F8985
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#6F8985 is a cyan with RGB values 111, 137, 133 and HSL 171°, 10%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#6F8985

RGBrgb(111, 137, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.5373, 0.5216

RGB percentages43.5%, 53.7%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(170.8, 10.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 19%, 53.7%)

CMYK19%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,309,701

CSS custom property--colour: #6F8985;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#90767A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868685no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#818285no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#688A88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 10.3 Slate grey · ΔE 12.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1 Dim grey · ΔE 14.7 Dark grey · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#896F73

Analogous#6F8978, #6F8089

Triadic#856F89, #89856F

Split complementary#896F80, #89786F

Tetradic#786F89, #896F73, #80896F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DFE5E4

Lighter +30%#C3CECC

Lighter +20%#A7B7B5

Lighter +10%#8AA19D

Darker −10%#586D6A

Darker −20%#41514E

Darker −30%#2B3433

Darker −40%#141818

More saturated +25%#50A89A

Less saturated −25%#7C7C7C

Channel breakdown

R111

G137

B133

Red111 (43.5%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue170.77°

Saturation (HSL)10.48%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6F · G 89 · B 85

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