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Recognised as Colour

#72968F

  • #72968F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#72968F is a cyan with RGB values 114, 150, 143 and HSL 168°, 15%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#72968F#72968F
HEX#72968F
RGBrgb(114, 150, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.5882, 0.5608
RGB percentages44.7%, 58.8%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(168.3, 14.6%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 24%, 58.8%)
CMYK24%, 0%, 4.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,509,647
CSS custom property--colour: #72968F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#8D6970

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93928Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8D90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#689794no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.3Gray · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.9Dark grey · ΔE 17.1Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#967279
Analogous#72967D, #728B96
Triadic#8F7296, #968F72
Split complementary#96728B, #967D72
Tetradic#7D7296, #967279, #8B9672

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7EDEC
Lighter +30%#CAD7D5
Lighter +20%#ACC2BD
Lighter +10%#8FACA6
Darker −10%#5B7A74
Darker −20%#455D58
Darker −30%#2F403C
Darker −40%#1A2221
More saturated +25%#53B5A2
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R114
G150
B143
Red114 (44.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue168.33°
Saturation (HSL)14.63%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 72 · G 96 · B 8F

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