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Recognised as Colour

#75B4AE

  • #75B4AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#75B4AE is a cyan with RGB values 117, 180, 174 and HSL 174°, 30%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#75B4AE#75B4AE
HEX#75B4AE
RGBrgb(117, 180, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.7059, 0.6824
RGB percentages45.9%, 70.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(174.3, 29.6%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 35%, 70.6%)
CMYK35%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,713,966
CSS custom property--colour: #75B4AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.9:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#8A4B51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEAEAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A5AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5EB7B2no 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 text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.1Light seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3Powder blue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 19.9Dark cyan · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4757B
Analogous#75B48F, #759BB4
Triadic#AE75B4, #B4AE75
Split complementary#B4759B, #B48F75
Tetradic#8E75B4, #B4757B, #9BB475

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FCFC
Lighter +30%#D8EAE8
Lighter +20%#B7D8D5
Lighter +10%#96C6C1
Darker −10%#579F98
Darker −20%#457E79
Darker −30%#335D59
Darker −40%#213C3A
More saturated +25%#5ACFC4
Less saturated −25%#909998

Channel breakdown

R117
G180
B174
Red117 (45.9%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue174.29°
Saturation (HSL)29.58%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 75 · G B4 · B AE

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