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Recognised as Colour

#7E9C8F

  • #7E9C8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7E9C8F is a cyan with RGB values 126, 156, 143 and HSL 154°, 13%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7E9C8F#7E9C8F
HEX#7E9C8F
RGBrgb(126, 156, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.6118, 0.5608
RGB percentages49.4%, 61.2%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(154, 13.2%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154, 19.2%, 61.2%)
CMYK19.2%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,297,615
CSS custom property--colour: #7E9C8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#816370

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A988Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#959490no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#789C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.6Dark grey · ΔE 15.5Gray · ΔE 15.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.1Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C7E8B
Analogous#7E9C80, #7E9A9C
Triadic#8F7E9C, #9C8F7E
Split complementary#9C7E9A, #9C807E
Tetradic#807E9C, #9C7E8B, #9A9C7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F5F3
Lighter +30%#D5DEDA
Lighter +20%#B8C8C1
Lighter +10%#9BB2A8
Darker −10%#648376
Darker −20%#4E665C
Darker −30%#384942
Darker −40%#222C28
More saturated +25%#62B993
Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R126
G156
B143
Red126 (49.4%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue154°
Saturation (HSL)13.16%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 7E · G 9C · B 8F

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