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Recognised as Colour

#76AFA9

  • #76AFA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#76AFA9 is a cyan with RGB values 118, 175, 169 and HSL 174°, 26%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#76AFA9#76AFA9
HEX#76AFA9
RGBrgb(118, 175, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.6863, 0.6627
RGB percentages46.3%, 68.6%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(173.7, 26.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 32.6%, 68.6%)
CMYK32.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,778,217
CSS custom property--colour: #76AFA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#895056

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A9A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#63B2ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.9Light seagreen · ΔE 18.1Dark cyan · ΔE 19.7Powder blue · ΔE 20.1Dark grey · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF767C
Analogous#76AF8C, #7698AF
Triadic#A976AF, #AFA976
Split complementary#AF7698, #AF8C76
Tetradic#8D76AF, #AF767C, #99AF76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FAFA
Lighter +30%#D7E7E6
Lighter +20%#B6D5D1
Lighter +10%#96C2BD
Darker −10%#599992
Darker −20%#467973
Darker −30%#345855
Darker −40%#213836
More saturated +25%#5BCABE
Less saturated −25%#919494

Channel breakdown

R118
G175
B169
Red118 (46.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue173.68°
Saturation (HSL)26.27%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 76 · G AF · B A9

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