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Recognised as Colour

#7AA9A0

  • #7AA9A0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7AA9A0 is a cyan with RGB values 122, 169, 160 and HSL 169°, 21%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7AA9A0#7AA9A0
HEX#7AA9A0
RGBrgb(122, 169, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6627, 0.6275
RGB percentages47.8%, 66.3%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(168.5, 21.5%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 27.8%, 66.3%)
CMYK27.8%, 0%, 5.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,038,816
CSS custom property--colour: #7AA9A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#85565F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A4A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9DA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6CABA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.6Dark grey · ΔE 18Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20.6Light seagreen · ΔE 20.7Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A97A83
Analogous#7AA989, #7A9BA9
Triadic#A07AA9, #A9A07A
Split complementary#A97A9B, #A9887A
Tetradic#897AA9, #A97A83, #9BA97A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F9F8
Lighter +30%#D7E5E2
Lighter +20%#B8D1CC
Lighter +10%#99BDB6
Darker −10%#5E9288
Darker −20%#4A736B
Darker −30%#36544E
Darker −40%#223531
More saturated +25%#5FC4B1
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R122
G169
B160
Red122 (47.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue168.51°
Saturation (HSL)21.46%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 7A · G A9 · B A0

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