Recognised as Colour

#76A7AC

#76A7AC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#76A7AC is a cyan with RGB values 118, 167, 172 and HSL 186°, 25%, 57%. 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

#76A7AC#76A7AC

HEX#76A7AC

RGBrgb(118, 167, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6549, 0.6745

RGB percentages46.3%, 65.5%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(185.6, 24.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 31.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK31.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,776,172

CSS custom property--colour: #76A7AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#895853

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#969CACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original

Tritanopia#63ABA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2 Dark grey · ΔE 17.4 Slate grey · ΔE 18.1 Light blue · ΔE 19.3 Sky blue · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AC7B76

Analogous#76AC96, #768CAC

Triadic#AC76A7, #A7AC76

Split complementary#AC768C, #AC9676

Tetradic#9676AC, #AC7B76, #8CAC76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5F9F9

Lighter +30%#D5E4E6

Lighter +20%#B6D0D2

Lighter +10%#96BBBF

Darker −10%#5A8F95

Darker −20%#477175

Darker −30%#345255

Darker −40%#203436

More saturated +25%#5ABDC8

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R118

G167

B172

Red118 (46.3%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue185.56°

Saturation (HSL)24.55%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 76 · G A7 · B AC

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Colour harmonies

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