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Recognised as Colour

#759DA6

  • #759DA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#759DA6 is a cyan with RGB values 117, 157, 166 and HSL 191°, 22%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#759DA6#759DA6
HEX#759DA6
RGBrgb(117, 157, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6157, 0.651
RGB percentages45.9%, 61.6%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(191, 21.6%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 29.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK29.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,708,070
CSS custom property--colour: #759DA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#8A6259

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969AA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E94A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#65A1A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.5Light slate grey · ΔE 11.3Slate grey · ΔE 13.3Dark grey · ΔE 16.2Gray · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A67E75
Analogous#75A697, #7585A6
Triadic#A6759D, #9DA675
Split complementary#A67585, #A69775
Tetradic#9775A6, #A67E75, #85A675

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F5F6
Lighter +30%#D2DFE2
Lighter +20%#B3C9CE
Lighter +10%#94B3BA
Darker −10%#5B848D
Darker −20%#47676E
Darker −30%#334A4F
Darker −40%#1F2D30
More saturated +25%#59AFC2
Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R117
G157
B166
Red117 (45.9%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue191.02°
Saturation (HSL)21.59%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 9D · B A6

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