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Recognised as Colour

#70ABA9

  • #70ABA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#70ABA9 is a cyan with RGB values 112, 171, 169 and HSL 178°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70ABA9#70ABA9
HEX#70ABA9
RGBrgb(112, 171, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.6706, 0.6627
RGB percentages43.9%, 67.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(178, 26%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 34.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,383,977
CSS custom property--colour: #70ABA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#8F5456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5AAEAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2Teal · ΔE 20.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.4Light blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB7072
Analogous#70AB8C, #708FAB
Triadic#A970AB, #ABA970
Split complementary#AB708F, #AB8C70
Tetradic#8C70AB, #AB7072, #90AB70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F6F6
Lighter +30%#D0E4E3
Lighter +20%#B0D1D0
Lighter +10%#90BEBC
Darker −10%#569290
Darker −20%#437270
Darker −30%#305251
Darker −40%#1D3231
More saturated +25%#54C7C3
Less saturated −25%#8C8F8F

Channel breakdown

R112
G171
B169
Red112 (43.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue177.97°
Saturation (HSL)25.99%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 70 · G AB · B A9

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