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Recognised as Colour

#76898E

  • #76898E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#76898E is a cyan with RGB values 118, 137, 142 and HSL 193°, 10%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#76898E#76898E
HEX#76898E
RGBrgb(118, 137, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.5373, 0.5569
RGB percentages46.3%, 53.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(192.5, 9.6%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 16.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK16.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,768,462
CSS custom property--colour: #76898E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#897671

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85888Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#81848Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6F8B8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 7.3Gray · ΔE 7.9Dim grey · ΔE 13.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E7B76
Analogous#768E87, #767D8E
Triadic#8E7689, #898E76
Split complementary#8E767D, #8E8776
Tetradic#87768E, #8E7B76, #7D8E76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E9EA
Lighter +30%#CAD1D3
Lighter +20%#AEB9BC
Lighter +10%#92A1A5
Darker −10%#5E6E73
Darker −20%#475357
Darker −30%#30383B
Darker −40%#191E1F
More saturated +25%#579BAD
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R118
G137
B142
Red118 (46.3%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue192.5°
Saturation (HSL)9.6%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 89 · B 8E

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