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Recognised as Colour

#6F98AA

  • #6F98AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#6F98AA is a cyan with RGB values 111, 152, 170 and HSL 198°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#6F98AA#6F98AA
HEX#6F98AA
RGBrgb(111, 152, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.5961, 0.6667
RGB percentages43.5%, 59.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(198.3, 25.8%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 34.7%, 66.7%)
CMYK34.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,313,578
CSS custom property--colour: #6F98AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#906755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E96ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#868FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5B9D9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11.1Cadetblue · ΔE 12.1Gray · ΔE 18.2Dark grey · ΔE 18.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA816F
Analogous#6FAA9F, #6F7AAA
Triadic#AA6F98, #98AA6F
Split complementary#AA6F7A, #AA9F6F
Tetradic#9F6FAA, #AA816F, #7BAA6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF4F6
Lighter +30%#CFDDE3
Lighter +20%#AFC6D0
Lighter +10%#8FAFBD
Darker −10%#557F91
Darker −20%#426271
Darker −30%#304650
Darker −40%#1D2A30
More saturated +25%#52A3C7
Less saturated −25%#8C8D8D

Channel breakdown

R111
G152
B170
Red111 (43.5%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue198.31°
Saturation (HSL)25.76%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 6F · G 98 · B AA

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