Colour

#75949C

#75949C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#75949C is a cyan with RGB values 117, 148, 156 and HSL 192°, 16%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#75949C#75949C

HEX#75949C

RGBrgb(117, 148, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.5804, 0.6118

RGB percentages45.9%, 58%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(192.3, 16.5%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 25%, 61.2%)

CMYK25%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,705,756

CSS custom property--colour: #75949C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 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#8A6B63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E929Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#888D9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#699796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 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

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.2 Slate grey · ΔE 9.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9 Gray · ΔE 13.1 Dark grey · ΔE 15.4 Dim grey · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9C7D75

Analogous#759C91, #75809C

Triadic#9C7594, #949C75

Split complementary#9C7580, #9C9175

Tetradic#91759C, #9C7D75, #809C75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECF0F1

Lighter +30%#CED9DC

Lighter +20%#B0C2C7

Lighter +10%#93ABB1

Darker −10%#5D7A81

Darker −20%#475E64

Darker −30%#324246

Darker −40%#1D2628

More saturated +25%#57A5BA

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R117

G148

B156

Red117 (45.9%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue192.31°

Saturation (HSL)16.46%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 75 · G 94 · B 9C

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Colour values

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