Recognised as Colour
#7CA8A2
- #7CA8A2
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Cadetblue
#7CA8A2 is a cyan with RGB values 124, 168, 162 and HSL 172°, 20%, 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
#7CA8A2#7CA8A2
HEX#7CA8A2
RGBrgb(124, 168, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.6588, 0.6353
RGB percentages48.6%, 65.9%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(171.8, 20.2%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 26.2%, 65.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,169,634
CSS custom property--colour: #7CA8A2;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.34899WCAG 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 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#83575D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#A87C82
Analogous#7CA88C, #7C98A8
Triadic#A27CA8, #A8A27C
Split complementary#A87C98, #A88C7C
Tetradic#8C7CA8, #A87C82, #98A87C
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R124
G168
B162
Red124 (48.6%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue171.82°
Saturation (HSL)20.18%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 7C · G A8 · B A2
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