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Recognised as Colour

#76A5AD

  • #76A5AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#76A5AD is a cyan with RGB values 118, 165, 173 and HSL 189°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#76A5AD#76A5AD
HEX#76A5AD
RGBrgb(118, 165, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6471, 0.6784
RGB percentages46.3%, 64.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(188.7, 25.1%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 31.8%, 67.8%)
CMYK31.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,775,661
CSS custom property--colour: #76A5AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#895A52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA1AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#949AADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#63A9A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.2Light slate grey · ΔE 14.6Slate grey · ΔE 16.7Dark grey · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD7E76
Analogous#76AD9A, #7689AD
Triadic#AD76A5, #A5AD76
Split complementary#AD768A, #AD9A76
Tetradic#9A76AD, #AD7E76, #89AD76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F9F9
Lighter +30%#D6E4E6
Lighter +20%#B6CFD3
Lighter +10%#96BAC0
Darker −10%#5A8D96
Darker −20%#476F76
Darker −30%#345156
Darker −40%#213336
More saturated +25%#5BB8C8
Less saturated −25%#919292

Channel breakdown

R118
G165
B173
Red118 (46.3%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue188.73°
Saturation (HSL)25.11%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G A5 · B AD

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