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#68918C

#68918c ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#68918c is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 56.86% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.45% yellow and 43.14% black. Its hue angle is 172.68°, with 16.47% saturation and 48.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.85.

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Relative luminance0.2509

Complementary

  1. #68918c
  2. #91686d

Split complementary

  1. #68918c
  2. #916881
  3. #917768

Analogous

  1. #689177
  2. #68918c
  3. #688191

Triadic

  1. #68918c
  2. #8c6891
  3. #918c68

Tetradic

  1. #68918c
  2. #686d91
  3. #91686d
  4. #918c68

Square

  1. #68918c
  2. #776891
  3. #91686d
  4. #819168

Monochromatic

  1. #283836
  2. #486461
  3. #68918c
  4. #94b2ae
  5. #c0d2d0

Shades

#68918c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68918c
  2. #5e837e
  3. #537470
  4. #496662
  5. #3e5754
  6. #344946
  7. #2a3a38
  8. #1f2c2a
  9. #151d1c
  10. #0a0f0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#68918c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68918c
  2. #779c98
  3. #86a7a3
  4. #95b2af
  5. #a4bdba
  6. #b4c8c6
  7. #c3d3d1
  8. #d2dedd
  9. #e1e9e8
  10. #f0f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68918c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68918c
  2. #6a8f8b
  3. #6d8e8a
  4. #6f8c88
  5. #728a87
  6. #748986
  7. #768785
  8. #798584
  9. #7b8382
  10. #7e8281
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d8c8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d8d8c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85878d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5b938f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #808e8c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a8b8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61928e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68918c {
  color: #68918c;
}
Background
.bg-68918c {
  background-color: #68918c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68918c {
  border: 2px solid #68918c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68918c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 145 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 16% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68918c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68918c, #688191);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68918c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 145 140 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.85 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 7.75 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.13 #40826d Viridian ΔE 10.79 #008080 Teal ΔE 12.01 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 12.12 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 12.30 #976e73 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#68918c  rgb(104, 145, 140)  hsl(173, 16%, 49%)  Cadet Blue
#91686d  rgb(145, 104, 109)  hsl(353, 16%, 49%)  Copper Rose
#8c6891  rgb(140, 104, 145)  hsl(293, 16%, 49%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#918c68  rgb(145, 140, 104)  hsl(53, 16%, 49%)  Moss Green