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Recognised as Colour

#70AB8F

  • #70AB8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#70AB8F is a cyan with RGB values 112, 171, 143 and HSL 152°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#70AB8F#70AB8F
HEX#70AB8F
RGBrgb(112, 171, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.6706, 0.5608
RGB percentages43.9%, 67.1%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(151.5, 26%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.5, 34.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 0%, 16.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,383,951
CSS custom property--colour: #70AB8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#8F5470

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A38Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9C91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#62ABA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19Dark cyan · ΔE 22.4Sea green · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB708C
Analogous#70AB72, #70A9AB
Triadic#8F70AB, #AB8F70
Split complementary#AB70A9, #AB7270
Tetradic#7270AB, #AB708C, #A9AB70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F6F4
Lighter +30%#D0E4DA
Lighter +20%#B0D1C1
Lighter +10%#90BEA8
Darker −10%#569276
Darker −20%#43725C
Darker −30%#305242
Darker −40%#1D3228
More saturated +25%#54C790
Less saturated −25%#8C8F8E

Channel breakdown

R112
G171
B143
Red112 (43.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue151.53°
Saturation (HSL)25.99%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 70 · G AB · B 8F

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