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Colour

#729AA9

  • #729AA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#729AA9 is a cyan with RGB values 114, 154, 169 and HSL 196°, 24%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#729AA9#729AA9
HEX#729AA9
RGBrgb(114, 154, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6039, 0.6627
RGB percentages44.7%, 60.4%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(196.4, 24.2%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 32.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK32.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,510,697
CSS custom property--colour: #729AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#8D6556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9198AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8991A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5F9F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 11.6Gray · ΔE 17.5Dark grey · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A98172
Analogous#72A99D, #727FA9
Triadic#A9729A, #9AA972
Split complementary#A9727F, #A99D72
Tetradic#9D72A9, #A98172, #7FA972

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F5F6
Lighter +30%#D1DEE3
Lighter +20%#B1C7D0
Lighter +10%#92B1BC
Darker −10%#588190
Darker −20%#456470
Darker −30%#314851
Darker −40%#1E2C31
More saturated +25%#56A7C5
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R114
G154
B169
Red114 (44.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)24.23%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 9A · B A9

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