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Recognised as Colour

#70AAA9

  • #70AAA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#70AAA9 is a cyan with RGB values 112, 170, 169 and HSL 179°, 25%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70AAA9#70AAA9
HEX#70AAA9
RGBrgb(112, 170, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.6667, 0.6627
RGB percentages43.9%, 66.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(179, 25.4%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK34.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,383,721
CSS custom property--colour: #70AAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#8F5556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#989CAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5AADA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.1Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2Light seagreen · ΔE 18.5Dark grey · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 20.3Teal · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA7071
Analogous#70AA8C, #708EAA
Triadic#A970AA, #AAA970
Split complementary#AA708E, #AA8C70
Tetradic#8C70AA, #AA7071, #8EAA70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F6F6
Lighter +30%#D0E3E3
Lighter +20%#B0D0CF
Lighter +10%#90BDBC
Darker −10%#569190
Darker −20%#437170
Darker −30%#305150
Darker −40%#1D3131
More saturated +25%#54C7C5
Less saturated −25%#8D8E8D

Channel breakdown

R112
G170
B169
Red112 (43.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue178.97°
Saturation (HSL)25.44%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 70 · G AA · B A9

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