Colour

#729D9F

#729D9F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#729D9F is a cyan with RGB values 114, 157, 159 and HSL 183°, 19%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#729D9F#729D9F

HEX#729D9F

RGBrgb(114, 157, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.6157, 0.6235

RGB percentages44.7%, 61.6%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(182.7, 19%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 28.3%, 62.4%)

CMYK28.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,511,455

CSS custom property--colour: #729D9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#8D6260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97999Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F939Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#62A09Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Slate grey · ΔE 15.6 Dark grey · ΔE 16.9 Gray · ΔE 17.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9F7472

Analogous#729F8A, #72879F

Triadic#9F729D, #9D9F72

Split complementary#9F7287, #9F8A72

Tetradic#8A729F, #9F7472, #879F72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EBF1F2

Lighter +30%#CDDCDD

Lighter +20%#AFC7C8

Lighter +10%#90B2B4

Darker −10%#5A8284

Darker −20%#456466

Darker −30%#314647

Darker −40%#1C2829

More saturated +25%#54B8BD

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R114

G157

B159

Red114 (44.7%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue182.67°

Saturation (HSL)18.99%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 72 · G 9D · B 9F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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