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Recognised as Colour

#70979E

  • #70979E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#70979E is a cyan with RGB values 112, 151, 158 and HSL 189°, 19%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70979E#70979E
HEX#70979E
RGBrgb(112, 151, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5922, 0.6196
RGB percentages43.9%, 59.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(189.1, 19.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 29.1%, 62%)
CMYK29.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,378,846
CSS custom property--colour: #70979E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#8F6861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90949Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#888E9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#619B99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2Light slate grey · ΔE 10.6Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Gray · ΔE 15.5Dark grey · ΔE 16.9Dark cyan · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E7770
Analogous#709E8E, #70809E
Triadic#9E7097, #979E70
Split complementary#9E7080, #9E8E70
Tetradic#8E709E, #9E7770, #809E70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAEFF0
Lighter +30%#CBD9DC
Lighter +20%#ADC3C7
Lighter +10%#8EADB3
Darker −10%#597C82
Darker −20%#445F64
Darker −30%#2F4246
Darker −40%#1B2527
More saturated +25%#52ACBC
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R112
G151
B158
Red112 (43.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue189.13°
Saturation (HSL)19.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 97 · B 9E

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