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Recognised as Colour

#709F8F

  • #709F8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#709F8F is a cyan with RGB values 112, 159, 143 and HSL 160°, 20%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#709F8F#709F8F
HEX#709F8F
RGBrgb(112, 159, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.6235, 0.5608
RGB percentages43.9%, 62.4%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(159.6, 19.7%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.6, 29.6%, 62.4%)
CMYK29.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,380,879
CSS custom property--colour: #709F8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#8F6070

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C998Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#949390no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#64A09Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Teal · ΔE 20.3Light seagreen · ΔE 20.9Dark grey · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F7080
Analogous#709F78, #70979F
Triadic#8F709F, #9F8F70
Split complementary#9F7097, #9F7870
Tetradic#78709F, #9F7080, #989F70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAF1EF
Lighter +30%#CCDCD7
Lighter +20%#ADC8BF
Lighter +10%#8FB3A7
Darker −10%#588475
Darker −20%#44655A
Darker −30%#2F473F
Darker −40%#1B2824
More saturated +25%#52BD99
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R112
G159
B143
Red112 (43.9%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue159.57°
Saturation (HSL)19.67%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 70 · G 9F · B 8F

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