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#68898E

#68898e ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#68898e is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 53.73% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.76% cyan, 3.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black. Its hue angle is 187.89°, with 15.45% saturation and 48.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 8.87.

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Relative luminance0.2279

Complementary

  1. #68898e
  2. #8e6d68

Split complementary

  1. #68898e
  2. #8e6876
  3. #8e8068

Analogous

  1. #688e80
  2. #68898e
  3. #68768e

Triadic

  1. #68898e
  2. #8e6889
  3. #898e68

Tetradic

  1. #68898e
  2. #6d688e
  3. #8e6d68
  4. #898e68

Square

  1. #68898e
  2. #80688e
  3. #8e6d68
  4. #768e68

Monochromatic

  1. #273436
  2. #485e62
  3. #68898e
  4. #93acb0
  5. #bfced0

Shades

#68898e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68898e
  2. #5e7b80
  3. #536e72
  4. #496063
  5. #3e5255
  6. #344547
  7. #2a3739
  8. #1f292b
  9. #151b1c
  10. #0a0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#68898e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68898e
  2. #779599
  3. #86a1a5
  4. #95acb0
  5. #a4b8bb
  6. #b4c4c7
  7. #c3d0d2
  8. #d2dcdd
  9. #e1e7e8
  10. #f0f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68898e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68898e
  2. #6a888d
  3. #6d878b
  4. #6f868a
  5. #728588
  6. #748587
  7. #768486
  8. #798384
  9. #7b8283
  10. #7e8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #798688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84868e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d818e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5c8c8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79878e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75848e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #618b8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68898e {
  color: #68898e;
}
Background
.bg-68898e {
  background-color: #68898e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68898e {
  border: 2px solid #68898e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68898e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 137 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 15% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68898e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68898e, #68768e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68898e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 137 142 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.87 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.42 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.42 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 9.53 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.54 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.54 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.85 #977671 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#68898e  rgb(104, 137, 142)  hsl(188, 15%, 48%)  Cadet Blue
#8e6d68  rgb(142, 109, 104)  hsl(8, 15%, 48%)  Copper Rose
#8e6889  rgb(142, 104, 137)  hsl(308, 15%, 48%)  Mountbatten Pink
#898e68  rgb(137, 142, 104)  hsl(68, 15%, 48%)  Moss Green