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Recognised as Colour

#708E8E

  • #708E8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#708E8E is a cyan with RGB values 112, 142, 142 and HSL 180°, 12%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#708E8E#708E8E
HEX#708E8E
RGBrgb(112, 142, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5569, 0.5569
RGB percentages43.9%, 55.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(180, 11.8%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 21.1%, 55.7%)
CMYK21.1%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,376,526
CSS custom property--colour: #708E8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#8F7171

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8B8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#84868Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#67908Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Light slate grey · ΔE 11.3Gray · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.7Dim grey · ΔE 16.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E7070
Analogous#708E7F, #707F8E
Triadic#8E708E, #8E8E70
Split complementary#8E707F, #8E7F70
Tetradic#7F708E, #8E7070, #7F8E70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E8E8
Lighter +30%#C5D2D2
Lighter +20%#A9BBBB
Lighter +10%#8CA5A5
Darker −10%#5A7171
Darker −20%#435555
Darker −30%#2D3838
Darker −40%#161C1C
More saturated +25%#50AEAE
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R112
G142
B142
Red112 (43.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)11.81%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 8E · B 8E

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