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Recognised as Colour

#75A8AB

  • #75A8AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#75A8AB is a cyan with RGB values 117, 168, 171 and HSL 183°, 24%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#75A8AB#75A8AB
HEX#75A8AB
RGBrgb(117, 168, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6588, 0.6706
RGB percentages45.9%, 65.9%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(183.3, 24.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.3, 31.6%, 67.1%)
CMYK31.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,710,891
CSS custom property--colour: #75A8AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#8A5754

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#61ACA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 5.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB7875
Analogous#75AB93, #758DAB
Triadic#AB75A8, #A8AB75
Split complementary#AB758D, #AB9375
Tetradic#9375AB, #AB7875, #8DAB75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F8F8
Lighter +30%#D4E4E5
Lighter +20%#B4D0D2
Lighter +10%#95BCBE
Darker −10%#5A9093
Darker −20%#467174
Darker −30%#335254
Darker −40%#203334
More saturated +25%#59C1C7
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R117
G168
B171
Red117 (45.9%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue183.33°
Saturation (HSL)24.32%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G A8 · B AB

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