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#68A69F

#68a69f ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#68a69f is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 65.1% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.22% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 173.23°, with 25.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.3272

Complementary

  1. #68a69f
  2. #a6686f

Split complementary

  1. #68a69f
  2. #a6688e
  3. #a68068

Analogous

  1. #68a680
  2. #68a69f
  3. #688ea6

Triadic

  1. #68a69f
  2. #9f68a6
  3. #a69f68

Tetradic

  1. #68a69f
  2. #686fa6
  3. #a6686f
  4. #a69f68

Square

  1. #68a69f
  2. #8068a6
  3. #a6686f
  4. #8ea668

Monochromatic

  1. #2b4a46
  2. #487a74
  3. #68a69f
  4. #98c2be
  5. #c8dfdc

Shades

#68a69f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68a69f
  2. #5e958f
  3. #53857f
  4. #49746f
  5. #3e645f
  6. #345350
  7. #2a4240
  8. #1f3230
  9. #152120
  10. #0a1110
  11. #000000

Tints

#68a69f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68a69f
  2. #77afa9
  3. #86b8b2
  4. #95c1bc
  5. #a4cac5
  6. #b4d3cf
  7. #c3dbd9
  8. #d2e4e2
  9. #e1edec
  10. #f0f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68a69f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68a69f
  2. #6aa29c
  3. #6d9e99
  4. #6f9b96
  5. #729793
  6. #749390
  7. #768f8c
  8. #798b89
  9. #7b8886
  10. #7e8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #899f9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a09f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9597a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51a9a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da29f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #859d9f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ba8a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68a69f {
  color: #68a69f;
}
Background
.bg-68a69f {
  background-color: #68a69f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68a69f {
  border: 2px solid #68a69f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68a69f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 166 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 26% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68a69f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68a69f, #688ea6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68a69f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 166 159 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 4.45 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 5.98 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.30 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.63 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.76 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 11.25 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 11.99 #975960 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#68a69f  rgb(104, 166, 159)  hsl(173, 26%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#a6686f  rgb(166, 104, 111)  hsl(353, 26%, 53%)  Copper Rose
#9f68a6  rgb(159, 104, 166)  hsl(293, 26%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a69f68  rgb(166, 159, 104)  hsl(53, 26%, 53%)  Ecru