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#69918E

#69918e ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#69918e is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 56.86% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.07% yellow and 43.14% black. Its hue angle is 175.5°, with 16% saturation and 49.02% 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 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.2521

Complementary

  1. #69918e
  2. #91696c

Split complementary

  1. #69918e
  2. #916980
  3. #917a69

Analogous

  1. #69917a
  2. #69918e
  3. #698091

Triadic

  1. #69918e
  2. #8e6991
  3. #918e69

Tetradic

  1. #69918e
  2. #696c91
  3. #91696c
  4. #918e69

Square

  1. #69918e
  2. #7a6991
  3. #91696c
  4. #809169

Monochromatic

  1. #293837
  2. #496563
  3. #69918e
  4. #95b2b0
  5. #c1d2d1

Shades

#69918e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #69918e
  2. #5f8380
  3. #547472
  4. #4a6663
  5. #3f5755
  6. #354947
  7. #2a3a39
  8. #202c2b
  9. #151d1c
  10. #0b0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#69918e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #69918e
  2. #789c99
  3. #87a7a5
  4. #96b2b0
  5. #a5bdbb
  6. #b4c8c7
  7. #c3d3d2
  8. #d2dedd
  9. #e1e9e8
  10. #f0f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#69918e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #69918e
  2. #6b8f8d
  3. #6e8e8b
  4. #708c8a
  5. #728a88
  6. #758987
  7. #778786
  8. #798584
  9. #7b8383
  10. #7e8281
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e8d8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c8d8e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85878e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5c9390 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #808f8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b8b8e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #62928f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-69918e {
  color: #69918e;
}
Background
.bg-69918e {
  background-color: #69918e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-69918e {
  border: 2px solid #69918e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #69918e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 145 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 16% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-69918e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69918e, #698091);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-69918e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 145 142 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.62 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 8.05 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.34 #40826d Viridian ΔE 11.58 #008080 Teal ΔE 12.21 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 12.42 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 12.60 #966e71 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#69918e  rgb(105, 145, 142)  hsl(176, 16%, 49%)  Cadet Blue
#91696c  rgb(145, 105, 108)  hsl(356, 16%, 49%)  Copper Rose
#8e6991  rgb(142, 105, 145)  hsl(296, 16%, 49%)  Mountbatten Pink
#918e69  rgb(145, 142, 105)  hsl(56, 16%, 49%)  Moss Green